So my son's school calls......

[Luv Bunnies]

My husband was home today and got a call from our DS14's school. He goes to a specialized school for kids with Asperger's. The caller is a teacher's aide and he says, "Uh, hi sir. I'm calling from your son's school. There's been an accident." DH is thinking to himself, "OK, don't freak out. Just get the facts." The caller goes on to say, "It's nothing serious. Your son needs a change of pants and underwear." So my husband asks what happened. The caller said, "He got peed on by a guinea pig."

So he took the clothes to the school and waited for DS to change in the bathroom so he could take the dirty things home. While he was waiting, he ran into the program director. He told him what exactly what the caller said. The director just shook his head and said, "I'll have to have a talk with my staff about making phone calls that don't freak out our parents!" Yeah, I'll say!

 

[catycatcat4]

lol
I think small animals live to pee on people

 

[swanmom]

I got a call from the school nurse last week. After saying "Hi. This is Mrs. Mason." The next words to come out of her mouth were.... "Everything's fine." Then she went on to tell me that DD needed a medical permission form returned.

 

[a1tinkfans]

In my sons HS they call home (automated) about EVERYTHING, and I LOVE it. I get messages about upcoming votes, school closings, school issues (huge increase in HEROIN @%^@%~) , IF child missed a class, was absent, etc.....

The calls come at all hours so no way to know when they come...thats good too (not that I have any particular concern with my own child, but for parents with "smarty pants kids that would erase a call, no luck there!)

As far as school calling for an accident.............atleast you got a call...my poor ds had a broken finger, they sent him back to class with some ice in elementary school.....told him, go back XXXX. when he came off that bus he was white as a sheet and crying...I was FUMING! They did not even call the next day...
Well, I CALLED them......after the ER/Xray and splinted and subsequently had the school district PAY for the visit...which they did...a gym "accident", (personally, it was by a bully they KNEW had issues...but thats another story)..............

I guess with all the calls they make, sometimes they fail to "get it right" to not freak out a parent........

 

[lovesmurfs]

In my sons HS they call home (automated) about EVERYTHING, and I LOVE it. I get messages about upcoming votes, school closings, school issues (huge increase in HEROIN @%^@%~) , IF child missed a class, was absent, etc.....

The calls come at all hours so no way to know when they come...thats good too (not that I have any particular concern with my own child, but for parents with "smarty pants kids that would erase a call, no luck there!)

As far as school calling for an accident.............atleast you got a call...my poor ds had a broken finger, they sent him back to class with some ice in elementary school.....told him, go back XXXX. when he came off that bus he was white as a sheet and crying...I was FUMING! They did not even call the next day...
Well, I CALLED them......after the ER/Xray and splinted and subsequently had the school district PAY for the visit...which they did...a gym "accident", (personally, it was by a bully they KNEW had issues...but thats another story)..............

I guess with all the calls they make, sometimes they fail to "get it right" to not freak out a parent........

Our HS, too, but the calls are coupled with emails at the time of the call which state the same thing. That way, I receive the email, and if DS erases the message, I still know about it.

 

[golfgal]

I got a call from the school nurse last week. After saying "Hi. This is Mrs. Mason." The next words to come out of her mouth were.... "Everything's fine." Then she went on to tell me that DD needed a medical permission form returned.

We got a call from a hospital when our DS17 was 8 and was at a cabin with some neighbors. The weather was HORRIBLE--freezing rain and a thick coating of ice everywhere. This hospital was over an hour from our house. The call starts "This is xxx Hospital calling about your Son". I about fainted. Turns out he broke his arm, nothing too serious, but still. I told the nurse when she filled me in that maybe when you are calling parents like this it might be better off by starting "Everything is fine...".

 

[Luv Bunnies]

My younger son's school (public K-8) also has an automated calling system. But those calls are usually just reminders like fundraising forms due, book fair dates, etc. My DH was freaked out when he heard "there's been an accident." The last time he got a call like that was 13 years ago when his mother was hit by a car and subsequently died. He's a little sensitive to the "there's been an accident" call. Thank goodness it was just guinea pig pee on our son's pants!

 

[paintnolish]

The school called me at work to tell me ds's glasses had fallen off at recess and gotten bent. I think it could have waited, right?

 

[Val]

My DS14 rock climbs (and runs!). Two years ago he was at practice with the climbing team when he got tangled in the lead rope, fell, and missed the crash pad. His Ped was also the coach, and didn't like the sound of the neck cracking, decided to be cautionary and called the EMTs to backboard him to the hospital. DS14 was fine.....I wasn't....the phone call went like this:

The surfer dude working the front desk: "Uh, is this DS14's mom? Oh, ya, like this is the climbing gym, and like, the uh, EMT's said to like uh call and like um meet them at the ER. They like said to like uh hurry"

Me: "WAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

We drove as fast as we could.....the "surfer dude" didn't seem to know any details other than DS had fallen. We rush into ER and our Ped starts laughing- he figured out who most likely called us....DS was slightly bruised but climbing the next day. He even got to keep the neck brace as a souvenir. The surfer dude, on the other hand, had to extract the phone from where the sun don't shine!

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I made that mistake once when I did afterschool care for a young man with profound mental retardation. I called his mom and told him he'd had an "accident" and needed new pants. She gently

Now I'm a special ed teacher with 17 years of experience, I make phone calls like this

Hi Mr. Jones, it's Ms. M from X, Johnny's fine, I just wanted to "schedule IEP, tell your your child has a fever . . . . "

Or (to the secretary) "Please tell Mr. Jones that his son's school called, and that there is no emergency, but it is important that I speak to him soon" (e.g. last week when the power went out and we closed early)