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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the end of the year the school has a Come to the Lost and Found and get your stuff or Lose it day.

I would not assume that it is o.k. to take items (that don't belong to you).  Some parents work and some kids just don't think to go to the lost and found.  Doesn't mean the items that sit there for a while are up for grabs, free for the taking.  Plus unless you make it a habit to scope out the lost and found you will have no idea if the item just got put there or has been there for months.[/quote]

Agree. 0746 here. For me, as a volunteer, I have called numbers on the coat, spoke with parents and either left them for pick up at the office or make an effort to have it brought the kids class and bundled with their kids things hangers. But these kids or parents don't seem to even bother to bring it home! And these are from junior grades (fine they are kids) to middle school!

Others, with no numbers etc, we can only hope they pick it or lose it. And we are not talking about a couple of coats here..... I had in just these 3 months alone, gather 5 garbage bag full of clothes, backpacks, stationery etc!

And i have thrown away approximate two garbage bags worth of lunch boxes, water bottles and other stuff. Its just so wasteful and as a parent, i know how much each of these cost. I have taken a few very nice lunch boxes home when it was time for clearing out but I have seen so many that I have given up saving any of them. But I never need to buy a lunch box/thermo containers ever again![/quote]

I didn't realize that there was even an effort by volunteers to find the owners of the Lost and Found stuff.  In fact, I have always gotten the impression that it was up to you and your kid to keep track of that stuff.  No way was the school going to do that for you.  If you lost something - go to the lost and found.  If you didn't claim it by the end of the year, it was donated.  I have never heard of volunteers taking home items from the lost and found.  That's news to me.[/quote]

Like 1604 said, Our job was to throw away that "gladware container with that mouldy sandwich". By school policy, we are to throw away all food containers including thermo-insulated boxes. It was just such a waste as i know how much each of these costs. I could either bin it or keep it if i wanted to. Only non-perishables are to remain in the L&F bin.

Like one of the other PP, many parents work and don't have chance to come by and look. So our PTA tries to make an effort to call or have the things returned to the rightful owner. So we at the start of the school year, requests all parents to label with name, class and phone number. Of course, so do and some don't. Some put class and name but for privacy no phone numbers. Others chose to put phone numbers and initials. But no names or class.

Those that has names/class, we would pass it to the teacher. 
Those with numbers we try to call. 
Those without anything goes from the L&F box to the display table.

But practically only a fraction get claimed. I think we did our best. Just stating how our L&F in our school is just soooo crazy fully loaded with parents that don't seem to miss a north face coat or mind losing a whole backpack fully loaded with binders, stationery and anything else! They probably just have enough means to buy yet another without a blink of an eye.[/quote]

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