Having spoken to a lawyer a few years ago I know that it is illegal to record anyone in Australia without their consent. Schools require parents consent to record and many parents withhold that consent for a variety of reasons.
I am surprised by the recommendation for a legal recourse. It is not in my nature to seek such remedies.
My view is - that starting a legal fight, going to another school/district. Would only give these people what they want. They want me to leave and go back to Afghanistan or Lebanon or as Donald Trump put it one of those "sh-it hole countries". Even if my sh-it hole country is Switzerland.
I also believe that the greatest revenge I can have against people like this is to make a life, to become an indispensable and beloved teacher.
These people deserve our pity. They listen to our political leaders, radio talk show hosts, they surf the net hanging out on websites/forums that I will not mention. Feeding on and regurgitating hate without the cognitive capacity to reason. Even if I win a trillion dollars lawsuit all the way to the UN Human Rights commission it would not change their behaviour or minds. It would only reinforce their preconceptions.
They do not hate me, they hate what I am which is simple "different" from their narrow conception.
However I will make notes of all events, as a teacher we have a system called Compass and we are told to enter all events no matter how trivial into it for the above reason. I will also chase up joining the Teachers Union something that I have not done yet.
In the end I have about 300 kids that I will directly teach this year. Only 1 is a neo-nazi, two more are followers of the first. That still leaves me 297 good kids to work with.
Love overcomes all.