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[quote=Anonymous]I know that several variations on this question have been asked, but I've read them all and my question is specific to DCPS, not charter schools.

What does your school do if your child has a poop accident?

We switched from a PK3 charter last year to PK4 at our DCPS this year. Our child is potty trained, but did have a week last year where he started some assessments (speech & language) and had a week-long backslide where he was having daily poop acdidenets, triggered by anxiety. Charter wasn't psyched, but changed him each day. He got over it and finished the year fine.

Fast forward to this year. School year started fine for weeks, but new round of assessments started last week, and he pooped his pants the next day. The school called us to come change him (even though they had 2 changes of clothes for him in class). They said DCPS policy is that they're not allowed to change them, due to legal concerns about touching kids. So, basically my kid sat isolated in the nurse's office for an hour with poop in his pants til I got to school and changed him.

This seems unreasonable to me. I know no one wants to change a kid's poopy pants, but it seems that somehow between a preschool teacher and a nurse that someone should be able to help out.

Can anyone (DCPS only) please share their experiences? I want to know if my school is unique in this policy.[/quote]

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