I Hate The Vice Principal (Part One of a Thousand)

Well, I realize this story I'm about to relay didn't happen to me, but variations of it have throughout the past two years. I found out about it from my co-worker.

One of our vice principals, Mr. Sh, is a middle-aged white man who got no respect from the students or staff last year. Children cuss him out on a daily basis, and he thinks every problem can be solved by holding hands and singing "kum-bah-yah." His solution to every problem is to talk it out, or have the students write about their "feelings." Therefore, the kids think he's a joke. And because he can't control the children, we all hate him. (How can he demand something from us he can't do himself?)
Well, he was new to our school last year, and basically from the get-go he knew he would have no say with us. (Our staff is very much like a family.) So this year, all these new teachers have appeared, having no idea of our opinion of Mr. Sh. So he has decided that he's going to exert power SOMEWHERE, DAMNIT, and he has begun creating and enforcing made-up rules on the new teachers. ("I'm sorry, you can only make 100 copies a week." "Your desk arrangement is completely wrong." "You can't come in that door to the cafeteria, that's the 'student' door.") So when they complain about these ridiculous rules to us, we look shocked and clarify.
Anyway, on Thursday, my friend, Ms. K (a new teacher) got a desk thrown at her. The girl who did it isn't normally a trouble-maker, but she can have serious attitude. So Ms. K writes an office referral (This is a "level 3" offense). Mr. Sh comes to Ms. K and tells her that there cannot be an office referral because there have been no steps to intervene for this girl's behavior. So he says he will call the parent for a conference.
The next day, Mr. Sh shows up at Ms. K's door with the parent. He tells her to stop teaching her class and he will watch them while she stands in the hallway to talk to this mother. After about a minute, he opens the door and tells her she has four minutes to conclude this "conference." So, to summarize, Ms. K is in the hallway-alone-with an irate parent whose daughter has committed an act of violence. At which point the parent says, "All you white people are the same." Then Mr. Sh comes out, makes Ms. K go back to teaching and considers the issue resolved. The girl is not punished and nothing else happens regarding it. Later, when Ms. K brings it up, Mr. Sh says," well, she has a lot going on at home."
OKAY. But she should still be held accountable for her actions! She THREW a DESK for pete's sake. No matter how much you have "going on," you still have to act like a civilized human being or you will suffer the consequences. What, exactly, are we teaching these children?
Personally, I feel that Mr. Sh's attitude is one of the detriments to inner city schools. They ALL have a lot going on, and if I knew all the facts, I would be devestated. But I can't allow them to use it as an excuse to act ridiculous. It just means you have train harder and longer to jump the hurdles, not to complain about the hurdles until they are lowered enough to step over.