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Wow.  You definitely do not sound like a parent.  I think any normal parent would have concerns regarding this type of conduct by a school employee.  I can't believe how nonchalant you let a coach drive your daughter home.  You should really check in with your daughter if that actually happened.  That would be a major violation particularly if it happened after the other cases were reported to MCPS.

The implied assumption when a coach is driving a team to a meet that multiple children will be in the car.  The travel permission form does not have a box to check - I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR MY CHILD TO BE ALONE IN A CAR WITH AN MCPS EMPLOYEE.  It definitely does not give a coach permission to take a child off school grounds for an activity like lunch or a trip home.  It is MCPS protocol that an MCPS employee should have another adult in the car when transporting children.  Parents would gladly pay a transportation fee for expenses for a bus so their children do not have to be alone in a coach's car.

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PP here.    My teenager was NOT alone with the coach in the car.    The coach was doing me a favor because I was going to be late to pick up my teenager at the meet due to an emergency.      I knew what time they left and I was able to track my teenager on her phone for  the 20 minute ride back to the school.     As I said I am [b]much[/b] more concerned that anyone driving my teenager be a safe driver and so I normally try to do all the driving myself.

I don't know whether you have a grudge against the coaches or are just a nutcase.     One can debate whether coaches should ever drive the athletes but note (1) [b]you[/b] can tell your teenager who they can ride with, and (2) nothing discussed in this thread has anything to do with child abuse.

As a side note, track meets often last many hours and the athletes usually do not have to stay for the whole meet.

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Parents are responsible for picking up their children on time. In our house, I have go to relatives and friends that are on our school contact list as approved people to transport my children.

MCPS employees are trained on the protocols cor transporting students. If the coach is going house to house dropping off students, the last child is the one alone in the car with a coach unless there is another adult in the car.

Can you tell what is going on in the car on your phone? Sexual offenses like indecent touching or exposure can occur with the car moving besides what can happen in a few minutes when the car stops. Conversations in private can also put your child at risk when a predator uses the opportunity to proposition a child or shows the child pornography on a phone. A lot can go wrong with employees willing to risk their jobs just to do you "a favor".[/quote]

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