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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with many PPs and feel this should be someone with an actual ability to pick up your child. A friend of mine just asked me to do it because I WAH, so I said sure, but that I need a key to her house (as I know longer have babies or baby stuff anymore!).

They're more likely to use this contact because you can't get there in time for pick up (snow storm, horrible traffic, etc...), some type of emergency (natural disaster, etc...), or your kid is sick (they can't give fever meds but you or your contact can). Is there a SAHM on your street you can befriend? I know this is tough, but I'd encourage you to choose someone with an ability to show up. [/quote]

FWIW, I've never had the school contact me to pick up another person's child.  I have had friends/neighbors call me when they've been stuck in traffic or knew that they would be late to pick up their child - they let the school know that I would be picking the kid up and I had no problem doing that.

I would be worried if I got a call from the school w/o word from the parent first.[/quote]

Right. But this way, you're already authorized to pick up the child and it's just easier. Think of it this way: DH is out of town. You're stuck on the beltway in one of those freak snow storms where you can't get home for 3 hours. It's 6pm. Who would you call to pick up child? That's your emergency contact. If you honestly have no one, just ask the school to help you locate another parent whom you could see about making an arrangement with if this very unlikely situation occurred (maybe you can list each other?). [/quote]

When the kids were little, we used to get a separate form for people authorized to pick our child up from school.  That is the form that I would have put the neighbor's name on.  Emergency contact form I took to mean as a contact in case there was an emergency and dh & I couldn't be reached OR dh & I had never arrived to pick up our kids and had not sent someone else to pick them up which would have been very out of character for us...[/quote]

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