School Safety

[Tinkermom76]

But you know she is a teacher, right? She's not a stranger who snuck onto school grounds wearing a vest? Then at this point your complaint is not about "safety" since you know they are supervised by a teacher. Your complaint has become one about the teachers not following the rule of wearing an id badge. You are certainly entitled to complain about that, they should follow the rules, but personally I would let the principal worry about that and I would only concern myself with real safety issues. Pick your battles, as the saying goes.

On the first day I did not know she was a teacher and neither did all of the new kids parents or the junior kindergartners who are brand new to the school, this is where my issue was. These are the littlest and most vulnerable students at the school and definitely the rules should be followed around them.

And I did go to the principal, but I prefer not to do that it is much easier if I can mention a concern to the teacher... I hate going above someones head

Yes, sometimes mine comes off as well. I have a particular student who gets aggressive. When this happens, he has been known to pull on my lanyard which hurts my neck a lot. I will remove my ID when he grabs it, and have on occasion forgotten to put it back on. It is not out of disregard for the rules, but in and of itself is a safety issue. (If I can see it coming, I will simply tuck it in to my shirt.)

ETA: I have a tough room this year. I have already been bitten twice so hard it broke skin (and have been bitten several other times.) I have had things thrown at my head, been kicked, had my face clawed, been spit in the face, hit, etc. When this is going on, my ID badge is the last thing I will worry about. My priorities are the safety of the other students in the room, the student who is having problems, and myself.

I really feel sorry for you that all that has happened all ready this year. I have the most respect for teacher because without them I don't want to know what our kids would turn out like. I wouldn't expect you to wear it in that situation. I work in security and we have to wear 3 ID badges at all times on a lanyard but if you pull ours it breaks.

My concern was outside on duty when parents are dropping off and picking up. Our school yard is very open and ANYONE can just walk right in so the safety vest tells me nothing.

 

[Tinkermom76]

But I have never seen anyone who is a stickler for following small rules be lax about bigger ones.

I agree

 

[BelleWDW]

They took my minor child to a dangerous place, without my permission or the permission of the school district, and then failed to supervise him. .

The McDonalds was 3 blocks from the museum-so the Museum also was in a dangerous place?

It sounds as if they were parked at the food place and some of the kids went exploring-right? I am sorry this happened , but blame is on the kids and the driver also, IMO.

 

[agnes!]

The McDonalds was 3 blocks from the museum-so the Museum also was in a dangerous place?

It sounds as if they were parked at the food place and some of the kids went exploring-right? I am sorry this happened , but blame is on the kids and the driver also, IMO.

Sorry to veer off-topic, but I'm going to jump in here.
In dicar 123's case...
The school system's personnel, the people who were 'in loco parentis' did not follow their own employer's written rules and protocols.
The ADULTS who were supposedly in-charge did NOT stick to the plan of action that was given to the parents.
IF the adults on-site - the teacher and the bus-driver - had taken a moment and thought about how many rules they were breaking by their actions, maybe the minor-children involved wouldn't have been put in that dangerous situation that caused them to take risks.
It was NOT up to the adults who were there in place of the parents to change the plans on a whim, if they had simply stuck to the plans that were on that permission-slip a tragedy would have been averted.

Sorry for the thread-hijack, but dicar123 already posted last night that her son bore some share of the responsibility for what happened.

And back to the OP's situation...
Why bother having these various school safety-rules if they aren't going to be followed? After the fact, people are always saying "I never thought it [whatever "it" is] could happen here." Well, it can and does happen here. And there and everywhere else too.

agnes!

 

[Tinkermom76]

Sorry to veer off-topic, but I'm going to jump in here.
In dicar 123's case...
The school system's personnel, the people who were 'in loco parentis' did not follow their own employer's written rules and protocols.
The ADULTS who were supposedly in-charge did NOT stick to the plan of action that was given to the parents.
IF the adults on-site - the teacher and the bus-driver - had taken a moment and thought about how many rules they were breaking by their actions, maybe the minor-children involved wouldn't have been put in that dangerous situation that caused them to take risks.
It was NOT up to the adults who were there in place of the parents to change the plans on a whim, if they had simply stuck to the plans that were on that permission-slip a tragedy would have been averted.

Sorry for the thread-hijack, but dicar123 already posted last night that her son bore some share of the responsibility for what happened.

And back to the OP's situation...
Why bother having these various school safety-rules if they aren't going to be followed? After the fact, people are always saying "I never thought it [whatever "it" is] could happen here." Well, it can and does happen here. And there and everywhere else too.

agnes!

Thank You and I agree!