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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would complain about the coaches leaving before everyone was picked up. [/quote]

Yeah this is actually the real issue here. What kind of drop off kids activity just stops in the middle and the adult in charge just leaves ?? I would be mad. [/quote]

Agreed. The coach should not have left. [/quote]

And yet several PPs have told OP she is in the wrong for leaving the premises and not properly supervising her kids. [/quote]

I think that now that OP has learned that the coaches aren't reliable for reaching out when something goes wrong, then she has a few options.  She can hang around, at least on the days when it seems like the pool closing from thunder is a possibility (e.g. any day it's raining).  She can teach her kids her phone number, or put it on a temporary tattoo, and teach them to ask one of the many older kids, coaches and other parents that will be hanging around at pick up, but she's says she's not comfortable with her kids texting.  She can get the kids a watch or a flip phone or something.  She can coordinate with other parents to let each other know.  But she has to do something.

As a parent, the buck stops with you.  Even if the person you left your kid with was the one who did the wrong thing, it's still, in the end, your responsibility to either choose a different situation, or do something that makes the situation safe for your kids.  7 year olds waiting outdoors in a thunderstorm with no adults isn't safe.  So, OP needs to plan differently.

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