crocs banned at school!!!

[dana1003]

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/06/13/crocs-banned-at-massachussetts-elementary-school/

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

What? My younger 1 (age 8) didn't wear them to school very often because she can never remember what day she has gym -- and quite frankly neither can I. But she can run in them on the playground without problem. The occasional stone in them is painful -- I get them too -- but I still love my crocs.

 

[WDWHo]

While Crocs arent banned at my childrens school, pretty much everything else besides sneakers are. I think its ridiculous. As a parent, I should be afforded the right to decide what is safe for my children to wear to school. My teenage son and daughter arent allowed to wear anything that has a thong. Its ridiculous. No open backs? Are you kidding me? They are afraid they will "fall down the steps"...thank god my kids can manage to walk at home with me with those deadly shoes. Can you tell this is a hot button of mine. The school district here would pretty much want you to wear sneakers all the time, which is ridiculous in the spring/summer.

 

[Tikicampers]

While Crocs arent banned at my childrens school, pretty much everything else besides sneakers are. I think its ridiculous. As a parent, I should be afforded the right to decide what is safe for my children to wear to school. My teenage son and daughter arent allowed to wear anything that has a thong. Its ridiculous. No open backs? Are you kidding me? They are afraid they will "fall down the steps"...thank god my kids can manage to walk at home with me with those deadly shoes. Can you tell this is a hot button of mine. The school district here would pretty much want you to wear sneakers all the time, which is ridiculous in the spring/summer.

I have seen too many kids slip and fall on the playground wearing crocs. They get to running on a slight hill, and shoes with an open back just go flying off. It doesn't happen every time, but it happens enough that DS does not wear crocs on the playground. I'm sure your kids do just fine at home, but do you have school flooring in your home? The flooring at school is very slippery. We ask parents to send their children in sneakers as well. It is a safety issue, and for PE classes, kids need to have on sneakers, anything else is just not going to give proper support.

 

[Brina]

our pre-school has this rule, due to the wood chip playground. The shoes come off, or the chips get inside and the child cries. But in a preschool it is the teacher who has to deal with it. For my bigger kids, I would be unhappy if they could not wear their crocs, as for one of them it is the footwear of choice.

 

[Mkrop]

I didnt get to read the article but I am not surprised. This is proably something that the insurance compnies are making the schools enforce so they dont get sued if the child should fall on school grounds. DS9 goes to Catholic school so most of the time it is his school shoes or sneakers but on occasion they have "dress down days" and they had to ban flip flops and clogs bc the Archdiocese got a notice from the insurance carrier that the liability is too great so dont allow them, the prinicpal even printed it her newsletter so we would know she wasnt making the rule.

I recently fell down a small flight of steps bc my Ked backless sneaker flew off my foot and I couldnt catch my balance and then a freind of mine got her flip flop caught on a chain that they had put up around the parking lot of the baseball field when she tried to step over it (no other way to get through) and injured her hamstring pretty bad!

 

[jtoast]

I think its ridiculous. As a parent, I should be afforded the right to decide what is safe for my children to wear to school.

I agree as long as you are willing to sign a waiver in advance relieveing the school of all present and future liability for when your child gets hurt. Unless and until you agree to that, the school has a say in the matter.

 

[barkley]

my kids went to a school where crocs def. would have been a no-no (if they had been popular at the time). they could'nt wear anything that did'nt cover up their entire foot-and they could'nt wear anything with a buckle on the outside. i know it sounds extreem, but their insurance company had paid out claims on kids injured while wearing the croc style shoes, and as for the buckles-they had other kids who got nasty gashes from the buckled shoes their friends were wearing.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I agree as long as you are willing to sign a waiver in advance relieveing the school of all present and future liability for when your child gets hurt. Unless and until you agree to that, the school has a say in the matter.

Sadly parents want to do what they want but if their kid gets hurt it cannot be caused by the parent's do as they want decision, it must be due to somebody else's neglect.

 

[disykat]

I do recess duty every day. I think it's reasonable. The thing I see all the time is the kids just taking them off and running or jumping rope without them. Sorry - you have to wear shoes at school!

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

My kids schools don't allow clogs, which I guess is what the Crocs fall under. Kids in our area really aren't into the whole Croc craze, so I don't think it has been an issue. They are allowed to wear sandals, but the type that have straps that go over the top of the foot and around the back to hold it securely on the foot.

 

[mindymouse1]

My dd's school is pretty much allowed to wear anything. They are supposedly not allowed to wear thong style shoes but almost all of them do --- including flip flops. They mainly just have to have their sneakers on for PE days.

 

[tcp0421]

While Crocs arent banned at my childrens school, pretty much everything else besides sneakers are. I think its ridiculous. As a parent, I should be afforded the right to decide what is safe for my children to wear to school. My teenage son and daughter arent allowed to wear anything that has a thong. Its ridiculous. No open backs? Are you kidding me? They are afraid they will "fall down the steps"...thank god my kids can manage to walk at home with me with those deadly shoes. Can you tell this is a hot button of mine. The school district here would pretty much want you to wear sneakers all the time, which is ridiculous in the spring/summer.

I am with you there! My daughter will just be starting to go to Kindergarten this coming fall. We registered her back in Feb and got the handbook! I was so amazed that they can tell me how to dress my children!! No sweat clothes, no flip flops, no sandles, etc. I forget what else but I think it is crazy!

 

[bushdianee]

I teach 1st grade and have no problem with crocs. However I do have a problem with flip flops and heelys. I have had students fall down the stairs and have seen several mishaps on the playground due to flip flops. Kids can't walk correctly in the heeleys and running is a big problem. Plus no matter how many times they are told not to skate in the halls they do. Accidents waiting to happen, then who gets blamed, the teachers and the schools.

 

[Dizneydaz]

The only requirement my DD's7 school has with shoes is they must have a back strap. So Crocs are allowed while flip flops, clogs, etc. aren't. Works for me!

 

[DawnM]

I thought I read that our local elem. school had a fairly strict dress code.....closed shoes only with socks, shorts must come to the knee or lower, etc.....

But when I went to enroll my kids I saw kids in thong sandals and shorts that were a good 3-4 inches above the knees. I asked my neighbor and she said that they can wear just about anything.

I was quite surprised!

My kids have sandals with backstraps and tennis shoes and those 2 things are about all they wear for shoes.

Dawn

 

[NotUrsula]

IME, schools in the South tend to be much more liberal about footwear than schools in the Midwest.

Almost all of the schools around here require full shoes WITH socks, and ban any kind of sandal or clog, even things like Keens that are made for outdoor sports. The rules apply for summer camps held on campuses, too. DS hates these rules, he's a sandal kid whenever possible.

I grew up wearing sandals to school in warm weather, and so did just about everyone else at my school. I'm not sure that there are any summer pics of me as a child where I was wearing closed shoes -- I was always wearing sandals if I wasn't barefoot.

 

[kangareaux]

I thought I read that our local elem. school had a fairly strict dress code.....closed shoes only with socks, shorts must come to the knee or lower, etc.....

But when I went to enroll my kids I saw kids in thong sandals and shorts that were a good 3-4 inches above the knees. I asked my neighbor and she said that they can wear just about anything.

I was quite surprised!

My kids have sandals with backstraps and tennis shoes and those 2 things are about all they wear for shoes.

Dawn

Probably the school DISTRICT has a pretty strict dress code and the principal doesn't inforce it. that's what happened at our kids elem school. They were allowed to wear crocs until someone got their foot cut on the playground. Apparently, the contractors that built the school left all kinds of building scrap on the ground and then when they tilled up the dirt to make a nice smoth payground didn't bother to remove it...just plowed it under. Now, pieces of metal, shingles, etc. are working their way out of the ground. No way to tell what is where and when a piece will turn up next. So, only closed toe/heel shoes. No croc or croc-like material as it's soft enough for the metal pieces to go through. Not all sneakers will prevent an accident, but it's MUCH more likely that a sneaker bottom won't be penetrated and the kid's foot hurt.

Honestly, I was very surprised that the kids could wear them to begin with. They were against the dress code to begin with being open heel and all. But the principal there is pretty lax on dress code as long as it's close to the right color/style, and it isn't distracting or revealing.

 

[Gillian]

Crocs are pretty popular at DS's school (even the principal wears them) but I really don't like them for playing and I bought him Keens as a substitute. They are much more secure!

I am so happy that their day camp requires shoes & socks! I know it can be hot, but I know they're much less likely to trip and fall.

 

[Mkrop]

maybe it is all the years I attended Catholic school that being told what to wear doesnt phase, I really dont see why anyone would have a problem with the schools having a dress code esp if it for saftery reasons.

I also think the fliplfops or other shoes that can come off easy would be a distraction. I can just picture the kids fooling around with their shoes making them drop on the floors etc I never see the kids that I am around actually keep those type shoes on, these always get kicked off of flown off. Now sandals with the velcro straps whould be ok.