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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been a teacher for 25 years.  This happens occasionally - always has and always will, unless you want to build schools like prisons and keep kids in locked, fenced courtyards.  A few schools have indeed gone that far.  However, this also creates a dangerous situation, because you now have an area that kids can't get out of in the event of fire or other emergency.  Nothing is a hundred percent safe, folks.  Deal with it.  [/quote]

Agreed ! My kids are in high school now, but when they were in elementary school, one of my kids ran off from the school. He didn't get far and the teachers noticed right away, but the only one to blame in my situation was my son.

Regarding the 6 year old who wandered off, I watched the father on TV this morning and he was blaming the school. We need to stop blaming others for our own mistakes and be accountable for our own actions! This kid walked out of the school, left the school grounds, and kept on walking. Unless you put up fences around the entire school, this situation is not 100% preventable as the previous poster said. Sure there could be some additional safeguards (e.g., ID badges for the kids with RFID chips, more security cameras) but in Northern VA, the money would be better spent on teach salaries, before/after school programs, etc.[/quote]

I saw the NBC 4 article but I think the kid lied to the dad. In kindergarten the bathrooms are in the classroom, and I doubt the whole class would just leave while he was in the bathroom. Even if they did, the child would know the schedule and where the playground/etc. were by then.

I don't blame the parents for being mad at the school, I would be too, but it isn't JUST on them. [/quote]

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