First days of school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What happen if kid has anxiety issues or bowel constipation issue or kid is on menstrual cycle? 10 minutes pass is crazy includes walk back and forth to classroom?

Calm yourself down anxious person. Teachers are not dummies. I’m a teacher and if a kid has a true emergency, of course I would tell them to sprint to the nearest bathroom and forget about the stupid pass. This is not the military. There are common sense exceptions to every school rule

Military does not restrict bathroom use and most bathrooms are lock. We keep our kids home for even minor stomach issues or periods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The bathroom thing is the perfect example of parents being out of touch. They know their own single sweet child at home, and have no concept of thousands of teens in a building, many of whom are actively seeking to get out of doing work by wandering the halls, vaping, and messing around. These are the same parents who are furious when bathrooms are closed because kids have torn fixtures off the walls and clogged toilets with paper towels. Teachers live and teach in the real world. Trust them to tell you what it’s like.

Please, these new restrictions were not devised by teachers. I appreciate that administrators and MCPS officials are in a terrible position because between vaping, drug dealing/use, sexual assault, vandalism, Tik Tok challenges, and skipping class, students get into all kinds of trouble in the restrooms, and it’s not like you can place staff members or surveillance cameras in restrooms to monitor activity. How are schools supposed to keep students from misbehaving in restrooms? I don’t have the answer, but because human bodies don’t excrete waste only when it’s convenient, these policies may not be enforceable. If there were perfect adherence to all of these policies, there would be a spike in students soiling themselves.

Fortunately, these combined new policies are so rigid that there will inevitably be a drop-off in compliance by both teachers and students. There will be some teachers who find the new policies unduly burdensome. There will be some students who will exploit weaknesses or loopholes in the system. Teachers will make exceptions for students they trust will behave appropriately.

And yet parents will blame teachers that their child experienced discomfort by waiting 10 min to go to the restroom. At the same time, the teachers who drops compliance will be blamed for their child vaping or being SA’d in a bathroom.

If my kid has an accident because they asked and were told no or to scared to ask, yes I blame the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bathroom thing is the perfect example of parents being out of touch. They know their own single sweet child at home, and have no concept of thousands of teens in a building, many of whom are actively seeking to get out of doing work by wandering the halls, vaping, and messing around. These are the same parents who are furious when bathrooms are closed because kids have torn fixtures off the walls and clogged toilets with paper towels. Teachers live and teach in the real world. Trust them to tell you what it’s like.

Please, these new restrictions were not devised by teachers. I appreciate that administrators and MCPS officials are in a terrible position because between vaping, drug dealing/use, sexual assault, vandalism, Tik Tok challenges, and skipping class, students get into all kinds of trouble in the restrooms, and it’s not like you can place staff members or surveillance cameras in restrooms to monitor activity. How are schools supposed to keep students from misbehaving in restrooms? I don’t have the answer, but because human bodies don’t excrete waste only when it’s convenient, these policies may not be enforceable. If there were perfect adherence to all of these policies, there would be a spike in students soiling themselves.

Fortunately, these combined new policies are so rigid that there will inevitably be a drop-off in compliance by both teachers and students. There will be some teachers who find the new policies unduly burdensome. There will be some students who will exploit weaknesses or loopholes in the system. Teachers will make exceptions for students they trust will behave appropriately.

And yet parents will blame teachers that their child experienced discomfort by waiting 10 min to go to the restroom. At the same time, the teachers who drops compliance will be blamed for their child vaping or being SA’d in a bathroom.

If my kid has an accident because they asked and were told no or to scared to ask, yes I blame the teacher.

I have 2 seniors who have never had to change clothing due to a bathroom accident at school. Since they had zero accidents preschool-11th grade, I will absolutely blame these new policies if there’s an incident this year. I’m not anticipating any accidents, but if my dd has to leave school due to a noticeable menstrual blood stain after being denied bathroom privileges as needed, the school will be hearing from me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bathroom thing is the perfect example of parents being out of touch. They know their own single sweet child at home, and have no concept of thousands of teens in a building, many of whom are actively seeking to get out of doing work by wandering the halls, vaping, and messing around. These are the same parents who are furious when bathrooms are closed because kids have torn fixtures off the walls and clogged toilets with paper towels. Teachers live and teach in the real world. Trust them to tell you what it’s like.

We know and if you have an issue with our kids, we expect you to reach out or if we reach out respond and tell us the truth. We cannot do anything if we don't know about it. Our school discipline got more lax this year as the admin refuses to stand up to the kids. Blame them, not us. Admin needs to be monitoring the hall or hire more security. And, have consequences. Kids should not be allowed to leave campus because admin doesn't care. Kids should not be allowed uber delivery all day long either.

Some teachers think if they couldn't get a reply from Juan's father, they think all parents aren't responsive. It's true that some kids will put their own phone number or email under their parents' info. But majority of families will want to hear from their kid's teachers than not hear from them. If Larlo is misusing bathroom pass during your class, tell Larlo's parents!

They can get the parents email or phone through MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bathroom thing is the perfect example of parents being out of touch. They know their own single sweet child at home, and have no concept of thousands of teens in a building, many of whom are actively seeking to get out of doing work by wandering the halls, vaping, and messing around. These are the same parents who are furious when bathrooms are closed because kids have torn fixtures off the walls and clogged toilets with paper towels. Teachers live and teach in the real world. Trust them to tell you what it’s like.

We know and if you have an issue with our kids, we expect you to reach out or if we reach out respond and tell us the truth. We cannot do anything if we don't know about it. Our school discipline got more lax this year as the admin refuses to stand up to the kids. Blame them, not us. Admin needs to be monitoring the hall or hire more security. And, have consequences. Kids should not be allowed to leave campus because admin doesn't care. Kids should not be allowed uber delivery all day long either.

Some teachers think if they couldn't get a reply from Juan's father, they think all parents aren't responsive. It's true that some kids will put their own phone number or email under their parents' info. But majority of families will want to hear from their kid's teachers than not hear from them. If Larlo is misusing bathroom pass during your class, tell Larlo's parents!

They can get the parents email or phone through MCPS.

Some students will complete the forms for their parents, writing their own email address instead of their parents' email address. When Mrs. Jones emails Larlo's parents, she doesnt get a reply because Larlo's parents never received that email message from Mrs. Jones, Larlo checks or doesn't check "their" email account

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Divide up the county. NW, NE, SW, SE

I will run on this platform. Have been on my soap box for years about this!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divide up the county. NW, NE, SW, SE

I will run on this platform. Have been on my soap box for years about this!!

Good luck with that.