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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What bothers me most about this is not that the kid was left behind -- I can sort of understand that happening with a big group of moving kids, making it hard to get anaccurate head count -- but that no one noticed for an hour. Don't the teachers know and like their kids enough to notice when someone is missing? Either the teahcers are disengaged, the classes are too big, or both. [/quote]

This. Kids move and squirm, which could lead to accidentally counting an "extra" kid that isn't actually lined up. There's also more than one adult, so I can also see how you get a situation where one adult thinks the other adult got the count. But once they are back in the classroom, how can they NOT register that they are missing a kid? Even if you assume that it wasn't a whole hour, even if it was 30 minutes, that is just way. too. long.
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the situation where it could occur would be a miscommunication on a parent picking up a child at the park.  
you bring 12 children - a parent comes and picks up a child - another parent passes by waves but does not pick up a child - teachers start to leave to do a count - they count 10 - they get back to the school - wash hands - use potty - a parent or 2 comes to pick up - it is not until "THE" parent come sthat the have the OH SH!T moment.

Transition times are opportunities for failure.  FCC became aware of this at a new level earlier this week.[/quote]

The teachers should carry a sign in/out board at that hour knowing some parents will take the kids from the park or bathroom/other issues and log everything.  Its too easy to forget and something like this happen especially when you have 8+ kids.[/quote]

Yup.  All decent daycares have this.  Ours does and the playground is AT the center, behind a gate you need a code to enter.  And they still have it.[/quote]

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