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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My children came from school telling me one of the PE instructors didn't let some 1st grade students use the bathroom and let the "in a hurry" kids wet themselves. it is not the first time I hear something horrible, humilliating like this happens at that school. There are a couple of families who mention the same issue but the staff is denying everything. What's wrong in admitting a mistake???[/quote]

If it were just one child saying this, the school administration could brush it off as "just one kid who doesn't like PE is making stuff up." But you say that a couple of families (I assume you mean the parents) have mentioned that this is an issue that their kids have witnessed too.

That is actually in your favor. All these families need to get together and ask for a group meeting with the principal ASAP. If one parent or child complains, it's easier for a school to ignore; but if a group of parents band together and present a united front, it is MUCH harder for the school to ignore them or try to make out that there's no issue.

If this stuff is happening, for your kids' health and safety, you need to organize these other families and write a joint letter, deliver it in person to school, and say that you as a group are requesting a meeting with the principal by a certain date. Make it soon. Be clear in the letter that you would appreciate a reply by date X and a meeting by date Y. If you don't hear anything by date X, inform the principal that if a meeting date isn't set by the end of that day, the group of parents will contact the school board the next day.

Terms like "school board" tend to get their attention.

Kids can get UTIs and bladder infections from holding their urine too long and too often. There's a basic health issue here. I'm sure the teacher will say that some kids just pretend to need to pee and want to get out of PE by making toilet trips. Doesn't matter. If even one kid is so bad off he's peeing on himself in front of his peers -- the teacher is wrong.[/quote]

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