Heely's banned in elementary and middle schools..

[PaulaSue]

Heard on the news last night that an area school district here has banned Heely's from the elementary and middle school..

The first thought that came to my mind was why would a parent send a child to school wearing these things to begin with?

There is a time and place for everything but NOT heelys in School!

 

[MareQ]

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Yikes! Wheeling around at a BUS STOP ??? If that's not an accident waiting to happen, I don't know what is!

We have 3 boys at our bus stop that wear them every stinking day. To make matters worse our bus stop is a narrow road leading downhill to the main road and they go up and down the road - to take it one step further - their idiot BLEEPING parents drop the kids off at the bus stop and LEAVE THEM THERE UNSUPERVISED while they drive off to work - rain, snow - doesn't matter - they unload their kids (1st grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade so these are little kids!) and drive away. Never once has either one of the parents stopped to ask us if we MIND watching their kids- never asked if they behave - in fact neither one has EVER spoken to ANY of us?!?!?

So when you see kids wearing heeleys in school - chances are their parents are JUST like the couple by me.....

 

[drag n' fly]

They were banned over a year ago from schools, shopping centres up here etc! My first 2 kids had them 2 years ago and all I can say is good riddance!

 

[ilovepooh]

Heely's shoeswithout the wheels are allowed in our school.

This morning there was a sign on the local supermarket (ShopRite) that said Heely's were not allowed in the store anymore due to safety reasons!

I'm glad as too many kids do not know how to use them safely!

 

[disneyfan67]

I just saw this picture while surfing the net and I thought I would share it. It seems to sum up the issue for most of us.

 

[orljustin]

Love it.

 

[orljustin]

http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2007/01/10/dont-laugh-at-my-heelys.aspx

 

[Disney Doll]

Good. They're annoying and I think the person who invented them should be forced to stand in a mall for hours while kids "heelied" all around him/her.

 

[mom2taylorandemily]

I am a teacher in school, and you would not believe how many kids showed up in Heeley's the first day back after Christmas break. The Assistant Principal sent home a note and walked to each class in the bldg. and had each student wearing them, take the wheels out in front of her.

 

[Daxx]

In my school, students are allowed to wear their heelys as long as the wheels are out of them and the holes are covered w/the "trap door" thing. However, they are not to be used in gym class. If a student is caught w/the wheels in, the wheels go straight to the principal's office where they're kept til the end of the day.

The school I teach in is in a low-economic area, so it often comes as a surprise to me when a kid comes in w/Heely's (and no lunch money, but that's another story). However, we've found that parents buy their kids Heely's and expect them to use the Heely's for gym class b/c they look like sneakers. I've heard parents yelling at the principal b/c the Heely's cost so much and they now can't afford gym sneakers and why can't the kid wear the Heely's w/the trap door in 'em. Uh -- it'll ruin the gym floor. But, I guess it's better (in the parents minds) to ruin the floor than have to go out and buy a 2nd pair of sneakers. I have a feeling that the Heely policy is going to change real soon!!!!

At my DS's school, the kids can wear their Heely's without the wheels. They're not even allowed to have the wheels in while they're in the parking lot. Therefore, if they Heely to school, they have to remove the wheels before setting foot on school property.

 

[Planogirl]

I think Heeleys are fine when used as roller skates in appropriate places. But I hate them in stores and the like. Hopefully, this is just a fad.

 

[Banzai]

Thank goodness. I hope other places soon follow suit and that they are not afraid to enforce it. I strongly dislike people's "little darlings" wheeling around hitting into me. If they have no place at a shopping center, they have no place at a school.

 

[jaimee1024]

I may be wrong, but I thought that the smallest size Heelys come in is size 1.
I was amazed to read here that a child who weighs only 37 pounds has them. My DD is 48 pounds (6 years old) and only wears a size 12.

 

[aprilgail2]

I may be wrong, but I thought that the smallest size Heelys come in is size 1.
I was amazed to read here that a child who weighs only 37 pounds has them. My DD is 48 pounds (6 years old) and only wears a size 12.

My daughter is 7 and is 37 pounds- her shoe size is a 13 and you buy heelys one size over what you normally wear so she has a size 1 in Heelys.

"For youth sizes 13c - 4, select 1 size up from your normal size for a proper fit. Sizes 5 - 10 fit true to size "

 

[ZanneMarie]

In my school, students are allowed to wear their heelys as long as the wheels are out of them and the holes are covered w/the "trap door" thing. However, they are not to be used in gym class. If a student is caught w/the wheels in, the wheels go straight to the principal's office where they're kept til the end of the day.

The school I teach in is in a low-economic area, so it often comes as a surprise to me when a kid comes in w/Heely's (and no lunch money, but that's another story). However, we've found that parents buy their kids Heely's and expect them to use the Heely's for gym class b/c they look like sneakers. I've heard parents yelling at the principal b/c the Heely's cost so much and they now can't afford gym sneakers and why can't the kid wear the Heely's w/the trap door in 'em. Uh -- it'll ruin the gym floor. But, I guess it's better (in the parents minds) to ruin the floor than have to go out and buy a 2nd pair of sneakers. I have a feeling that the Heely policy is going to change real soon!!!!

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To preface...I am familiar with Heely's. My son is on his second pair of Heely's. He does not wear them with the wheels in them at school or other inappropriate places.

I had never considered that they could do damage until I read your post so I looked them over carefully and I just don't see how they could cause any harm.

I do not see how the shoe will damage a gym floor either with or without the plug (trap door) in them. Without the plug it is a rubber sole with a hole in it. The interior of the hole does have a harder plastic part that holds the wheel but it is recessed about 1/4" or so and would have a hard time coming into contact with the floor. With the plug in the sole is rubber just like anyother gym shoe..the plug itself is a harder rubber but not sharp in any way. We consider them to be his gym shoes.

 

[zagafi]

My kid is at school right now with Heelys but the wheels are here at home. They better not bad Heelys at school (without wheels) because they ARE his shoes. That, folks, is what is appealing about them. They are shoes and then you just pop wheels in and they are skates. So all you gotta do is make sure they are skates at the appropriate time (not at school, not at malls.)

I just cannot, for the life of me, understand the hatred of Heelys. Just hate when people skate in public places, ok. But otherwise, they're fun and...get this....a great form of exercise.

Because parents rarely "police" the little darlings wearing them! Perfect example: today IN CHURCH there was a kid old enough to know better (IMO, anyway) zipping through the people moving from the church to the parish hall. Nope, not ONE WORD from his parents. So, when mommy and daddy won't keep little Precious in line, you can bet it's easy to start loathing the damned things!

I have YET to see a kid using them for "exercise". They're a friggin' menace, plain and simple.

 

[skuttle]

They were EVERYWHERE at WDW when we were there! Annoying for sure! I can't imagine letting kids where them in schools. DH and I were actually wondering if WDW would ban them as they don't seem much different from rollerskates.

 

[jjskribs]

My school does not allow them either but I certainly wish our local Stop and Shop would ban them as well. I was bumped into this morning by a child dragging another child with Wheelies around the store.

I have to disagree that they are "good exercise". I would think a child would get more exercise from walking or running!