Sometimes doing what's best for children means that you need to upset a lot of contented panels and people at the District Office.

Guess what: Too bad.  A teacher's contract does not require the teacher to sing the party line and agree with recommendations presented (especially when they don't actually have anything to do with that teacher's classroom, classroom practice, sartorial decisions, political leanings...in fact, when they have nothing whatsoever to do with the teacher in question).

That said, it's time for the smile with lots of teeth.