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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for telling me what my job is. Again, come and help any day of the week. Furthermore, I’m not physically putting kids on buses; they are called and it’s the kids job to walk down the hallway, walk out the front door and get on the bus on their own. I have kids that I am in charge of in the classroom so I cannot personally escort every child to the bus. Rather than blaming the teacher, maybe look at the processes/lack of bodies that are available in the building? But again, thanks for reminding me that I’m meant to keep kids safe when your children are the ones that physically attack me. I put myself on the line every single day to teach. You have no idea.[/quote]

You're expecting 5-6-7 year olds who have never been on a bus to walk down the hall, front door and get on a bus on their own.  No way my 5 year old could do that first day.  Our teachers made sure the kids got to the right bus or handed off to a parent so clearly if they can do it, you can too.  I would have been happy to volunteer at our ES but our school wouldn't allow parent volunteers.  OP has every right to be upset.

P.S. my kid has never physically attacked anyone.  Most kids don't.  And, as a teacher you need to advocate for supports and a good iep for those kids struggling.[/quote]

Yes that is the expectation which is why kids should be taught things like how to follow directions, their name and emergency info and their bus #.  But the Everyone here agrees this was an unfortunate incident, but most understand that no system is perfect which is why there are backup plans in place and people responding to situations to course correct.  I totally get how as a parent this is upsetting and may have even been upsetting for the child.  However, they are safe precisely because they weren’t neglected.  Bring up your concern with the principal who is likely already aware the situation.  The teacher and school probably already feel bad and will work specifically to make sure your child gets on the correct bus tomorrow.  Yesterday was the first day of school in a district w/ 165k students.  While some things went wrong, if all of them made it home safely, a thousand things also went right.[/quote]

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