Your child's school rules: the stupid, weird, or just plain annoying

[js]

When my ds was in grammar school, he got detention for "whispering during silent lunch".
I NEVER called the school for anything even when I didn't agree but I sure as heck picked up the phone to
speak to the principal. She said that the kids were all being very loud and they were told to eat in silence. I asked her
how she thinks that boys (and girls) Pre K-8th grade should be expected to sit in class all day and then sit at lunch tables
and not be able to speak. They have to expand their energy somehow. I THEN found out it was a class mother that TOLD on
him. When I dropped off my ds the next day and I saw that mother, I made sure she knew that I found her she had actually
told on a 6th grade boy for whispering. She denied it but I told her the principal gave her name.
I didn't even call the school when the boys got their whiffle balls taken away from them while playing "baseball" with the ball and their arm.
THEN, my ds told me the boys had made balls out of tinfoil and they had to walk to bases. Writing this all now, boy, I guess I'm a bad
mom that I paid to have him go there LOL

 

[Halloweenqueen]

Two of my children go to a STEM high school. The school was previously on a college campus while the high school was being built. This is the first year of having their own building.

Brand new facility that was created by 3 school districts and sponsored corporation help. Imagine my surprise during the school tour to find no library, gym, or lockers.

Kids have nowhere to store lunch boxes, backpacks, or coats. We live in the desert, where the mornings are freezing, but afternoons can be scorching.

My kids have gotten in trouble for leaving things behind. And it's expensive when they can not bring lunches from home. Now all my kids want school lunches out of fairness. My other two high schoolers have an open campus where most kids eat at Subway, etc. It's been an expensive year.

I do find it funny when the school posts photos on social media and all the students are wearing winter coats in class!

 

[tcufrog]

My older son's school allows drop offs. I have the rule that I will only drop off forgotten items once a semester. My philosophy is that everyone makes mistakes but he still needs to learn to be responsible for his stuff. This way he needs to think long and hard before he asks me to bring him something. After all, he may forget something more important later in the semester.

Most of the rules are reasonable. For example, school bags are allowed. The students are assigned Chrome Books in middle school. It would be asking for trouble for them to have to walk around with the Chrome Book and all of their textbooks and notebooks everyday. If you drop a notebook in the hall between classes the worst thing that might happen is having to pick up scattered papers. If you drop a laptop you might break an expensive piece of equipment. When I had to carry a laptop for work I always put it in a protected bag or sleeve. I definitely wouldn't have carried it along with a heavy stack of books. I think it would be unreasonable to expect the kids to do something an adult wouldn't do.

There are a few rules I can't stand though. The school has required uniforms. For the boys there are long and short sleeve polo shirts that have the school logo embroidered on them. Before they changed the logo I used to be able to buy the polo shirts from wherever I wanted and take them to a certain shop to get the logo put on them. It was a pain but I saved a ton of money. Now they require you to buy everything from the overpriced uniform supplier. The school does have onsite a resale shop but they don't always have my sons' sizes in stock. They also have ridiculous rules for outerwear. Any outerwear worn inside the school has to be school spirit wear or from the uniform supply company. I've been able to find through those sources sweatshirt zipper hoodies and water repellent jackets that don't have hoods. The school has multiple buildings with no covered walkways. We have very rainy falls and springs. If I send him with a good old fashioned windbreaker so his head doesn't get soaked walking between buildings he's out of uniform once he reaches his next class. They aren't allowed to use umbrellas.

 

[diznygirl]

I really think the administrators at the school district need to live by these rules while running to and from class and see how impossible it really is.

Our uniform policy clearly states that if pants have belt loops, a belt must be worn. So we cut off the belt loops. Problem solved.