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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the number thing may be too much at a bigger school, but shouldn't there be some accountability rather than just opening a door and letting them loose at the end of the day? [/quote]

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For elementary schools, which is what we are talking about here, in order to ensure the safety and legally mandated supervision of children. Schools act in loco parentis during school hours. According to the guidelines of most counties in this area children under the age of 8 years old may not be left without the supervision of either an adult or a caretaker over the age of 13, depending on the specific policy. Therefore, whoever has the care of children in this age range (grades K through probably 3) seems to me to have a legal obligation to ensure that the child is transferred to the supervision of another authorized party. If my interpretation of the legal language and its implications is correct, a school couldn't just release the youngest students at the end of the day without a procedure to make sure they get to the correct supervising adult, because if that resulted in an underage child left without supervision the school (as the last entity in a supervisory position over the child) would have been negligent with that student's care. That's just my understanding and thoughts though, I'm not a lawyer so I could be completely wrong.
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