I'm a sports coach for after school clubs in local primary schools. We're a small company - just me and my boss.
At the beginning of the year I had siblings join one of my classes. Initially it was fine then the parents started being late to collect them. Sometimes just 10 mins but then took another 10mins to get the children changed and leave. Other times they were more than 20mins late. Not every week - maybe every 3 or 4 wks.
About a week ago I asked my boss if I could give them a letter stating that if they were late again we would have to reconsider their place in the club because it's causing problems at the school. They also do weekend club with my boss and are always late to arrive and be collected.
My boss said he would deal with it as they hadn't paid for classes for about 6 weeks. I've just had a phone call with him and I'm shocked and upset at what he's done.
He texted the parents and said "Runs no longer wants your children in her class as they are never collected on time and are disruptive." He goes on to say they need to pay for the classes they have attended with me (but makes no mention of his classes).
Unsurprisingly the parents are angry at me. And have texted my boss with a personal attack on me, calling me racist, an unfit parent and shouldn't be allowed to go near children. One child has SEN (hence the "disruptive" comment), but I've always tried to include them and given them space when needed. And after every class I've spoken to the parent collecting to explain what has happened.
To add further insult they say my boss is excellent and while they'd be happy to pay him, they refuse to give me anything and would like to see me sacked.
I've no idea what to do. My boss says he will ignore it. They've withdrawn the children from all our clubs so he thinks that'll be the end of it.
But I'm really angry that he's blamed me for this. I don't know if I should try and contact the parents and explain what really happened or just leave it alone and hope they don't take it any further.