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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There were no other kids who got of at that bus stop.  Just my child. Alone. A 5 year old child.  On a street.
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School IS responsible for my child until one of the parents gets her[/b].[/quote]

As a teacher, I am disturbed by your statement.

I am NOT your child's parent.  And if you're slacker ass isn't home by a certain time, that's your fault - and not the responsibility of the school to provide FREE daycare for your kid.

What is WRONG with you?  [/quote]

NP here.  As a parent, I'm disturbed that a teacher doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're".  The parent here messed up.  But what happens if the parent has been in a car accident and just isn't there?  The bus driver is supposed to leave the kid?  Because the slacker ass  parent had the gall to be in the hospital unconscious?  
It CANNOT be the rule that the bus just leaves a 5 year old to fend for themselves.  That's ridiculous.  And, yes, the school *is* in a parental role, by law, while the kid is in school.  The legal concept is "in parens patriae".  When you take possession of the child during the school day, you are responsible for her.  So, if she's injured, you have to arrange to get her to the hospital if needed, etc.  
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Well the schools should make the policy more clear, such as "be at the bus stop unless you are incapacitated and unconscious," because if you give people an inch, they will take a mile. In this particular case, the OP was perfectly conscious. She was not incapacitated. She was running late from a doctor's office. Her fault. She should not have made the doctor's appointment so close to the time when she's supposed to pick up her child. She should know that doctor's appointments often run late.[/quote]

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