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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bathroom thing is the perfect example of parents being out of touch. They know their own single sweet child at home, and have no concept of thousands of teens in a building, many of whom are actively seeking to get out of doing work by wandering the halls, vaping, and messing around. These are the same parents who are furious when bathrooms are closed because kids have torn fixtures off the walls and clogged toilets with paper towels. Teachers live and teach in the real world. Trust them to tell you what it’s like.[/quote]
Please, these new restrictions were not devised by teachers. I appreciate that administrators and MCPS officials are in a terrible position because between vaping, drug dealing/use, sexual assault, vandalism, Tik Tok challenges, and skipping class, students get into all kinds of trouble in the restrooms, and it’s not like you can place staff members or surveillance cameras in restrooms to monitor activity. How are schools supposed to keep students from misbehaving in restrooms? I don’t have the answer, but because human bodies don’t excrete waste only when it’s convenient, these policies may not be enforceable. If there were perfect adherence to all of these policies, there would be a spike in students soiling themselves.

Fortunately, these combined new policies are so rigid that there will inevitably be a drop-off in compliance by both teachers and students. There will be some teachers who find the new policies unduly burdensome. There will be some students who will exploit weaknesses or loopholes in the system. Teachers will make exceptions for students they trust will behave appropriately.[/quote]

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