Damage control

Lately I've been reminding myself more and more frequently that things usually work out over time and as a quasi-leader of the teachers on my hall I have an obligation to remain objective, calm and not perpetuate any panic or hostility that may arise. I also have to remind myself not to get the urge to run screaming into the sunset myself. Within the past two weeks two teachers have stated their intent to resign at the end of the year. The primary reason for their decision is boiled down to an administration that wants to micro-manage their grading policies and will do anything to keep a disgruntled parent happy. Although both of these teachers are new to the school they are experienced teachers and have high standards for students to achieve. Not unreasonably high standards, mind you. Both of them have had to drop grades, allow zero grades to be made up and basically had all of their authority and credibility with both parents and students pulled out from under them. This has had a chilling and demoralizing effect on the other teachers. At least four other teachers have privately told me that they will seek transfers at the end of the year. Although I haven't really had the situation over grades that they have had, I have had my credibility with students pretty well dented by an administrator who wanted to over-ride me and judge individual situations on a case by case basis. Even students can quickly realize that maybe it's their lucky day, or maybe it's not depending on the administrators current level of tension.
I wonder that he cannot seem to see where this will lead...teachers who have decided to do grade inflation rather than have to go toe-to-toe to defend an assignment rubric or a discipline decision. Students and parents who will routinely circumvent the teacher in hopes of a more favorable decision from the administration will begin to clog the office and slow down the really necessary administrative tasks. My biggest fear is that we will have created an environment where there are no boundaries that are dependable and the perception will become the biggest squealer will get the grease. Changing and dropping grades to suit one parent whose little darling didn't quite make the grade will be categorically unfair to others who through deligent effort achieved an earned success. Even worse, those who don't know how to go about makeing a fuss will lose out on the benefits enjoyed by those with the pushy parents.
I wish parents weren't so myopic. They seem to only be able to see the immediate frustration or disappointment of their child and their knee-jerk response is to do anything to fix it. They seem incapable of seeing the bigger picture...the long term goal of allowing children to make mistakes, suffer consequences and learn from them. What do they think they are teaching a child when they bully the teacher into giving the child an undeserved grade?
I'm not quite sure how to mitigate the growing storm.