Balaban

Balaban was the principal of the middle school attended by Manny Delgado and Luke Dunphy.
In "Coal Digger", Manny and Luke ended up in Principal Balaban's office after getting into a fight caused by Manny referring to Luke as his nephew and Luke calling Manny's mother Gloria Pritchett a coal digger. Gloria and her second husband - Manny's stepfather - Jay Pritchett and Luke's parents Claire and Phil Dunphy were then called and arrived in the office, but Balaban became confused when he found out that all of them were related and Luke was actually technically Manny's nephew. He then dismissed the family, telling them that the issue should have been dealt with at home and that the children should have gotten back to their classes.
In "My Funky Valentine", Phil and Claire, roleplaying as Clive Bixby and Julianna on Valentine's Day, met Principal Balaban in a mall, when Claire got her coat stuck in an escalator going up, and Phil turned it off. Along with Luke's math teacher, Mrs. Passwater and one of Phil's clients, Tom Mickleson, Balaban attempted to help Claire, not knowing that she was naked underneath the coat. Phil, however, soon convinced them to leave by lying that somebody was on their way to help.
== Appearances ==
=== Season 1 ===
*"Coal Digger"
*"My Funky Valentine"
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