Curious, how common is it for schools to just leave the bathroom doors completely open rather than having half doors? Has NCRC always had wide open bathrooms? Our preschool has small half doors to at least give the kids some privacy while still being visible to teachers in the classroom. I distinctly remember being a little weirded out when we learned on a tour that NCRC leaves the bathroom doors completely open at all times. Now with the cameras in the classroom and reading the court documents on James Carroll’s obsession with urine, it completely makes me uncomfortable that bathroom doors were open at all times. |
Equally disgusting, but she was doing it for her creepy man. She wasn’t seeking this out on her own. |
The bathrooms references that don’t have doors are inside the classrooms, not in the hallways, and the cameras inside the classrooms do not have views of the bathrooms, at all. |
My kids went to NCRC. Before this monster was there. It is a sweet place. It didn’t feel like a cult at all. But many parents are from extremely wealthy backgrounds. They always got more fawning and attention from the top administrators but I didn’t particularly care because the teachers were loving to all the kids, as far as I could tell. My kids went on to public school but we were an anomaly. 95% of kids went on to elite privates. Public school was a jarring transition after NCRC. |
This x 10000–worth pointing out for those who don’t know the layout—the bathrooms are in the classroom which is an important safety feature as there are always 2-3 adults present and in view when a child is being helped. |
What if a child is on the playground and needed to go to the restroom, did one or two adults take the child? |
Think that teacher came from BVR. |
I would never send my barely verbal child into the care of a male preschool teacher.
Especially if I’m paying $40K for the experience. The safety of MY child is more important than anyone’s feelings. Others are able to value the feelings of the adult male over the safety of their child if they choose. |
I believe that ALL schools should require comprehensive background checks for every staff member AGAIN urgently, with frequent regular updates in future to ensure the information is current. This process would also help prevent individuals with problematic histories from applying for these positions in the future. Problem solved. |
It’s nobody’s feelings, but your child actually misses out on fantastic male role models in the education field. It’s your child that loses, not anyone’s feelings to be concerned about. |
Every preschool requires background checks. |
Everyone who works at a school has a background /police check and it is renewed every two years. Carroll had not been caught committing a crime so he had no criminal record. |
a) When the NCRC Board hired Carroll, he had a decade-long track record with no issues at nearby, well-established private schools, and the Board members knew him personally as he served on the NCRC Board. Nothing in his background check would have suggested any problems. How can you fault a Board for hiring someone with those credentials?
b) Carroll was never preschool teacher. He was admin. So whoever keeps going on about the 'horrors' of male preschool teachers, besides being wrong, you are not even on-topic. c) As a parent, I found NCRC to be a 'magical' place. My kids loved it and still do. I never heard any staff member tell me it was 'magical'; that's my own take. The many children who have gotten to go there over the past century are fortunate indeed. d) At least in my kids' years, quite a few students continued on to public elementaries. Most students go to privates, but substantially more than "3 a year" go to public. Not sure why this matters one way or the other, but I am just correcting what was said above. I am very sad that Carroll brought his troubled mind to NCRC, Beauvoir, or Concord Hill. I hope the investigation proceeds quickly and that CArroll's criminal actions were contained to a computer. |
This. People think there are some admin procedures that would have flagged him, but with no record, those don’t exist. |
I had 3 kids who went to NCRC. We never considered it magical but it was a very nice place. My kids enjoyed it for the most part but they didn’t adore it or gush about it. It was a cute and sweet place. Most teachers were good to very good. The board folk always acted hoighty toighty but I’m sure that happens everywhere. The super elite (ultra wealthy families) mostly hung out with their own crowd. |