Anonymous wrote:Is theft a problem at your school?


Should schools care about students stealing from each other? Or is anything brought to school free for the taking?

Theft is theft. One of the worst crimes there is as it is taking a piece of a person's life it took to earn the item that is stolen, so yes take it very seriously.

Kids who are taught that theft is ok, or brush off the incidences, will learn the hard way later on as adults that it can lead to deadly consequences.

I'm a secondary teacher and have always kept my purse under lock and key at school. More recently I've had to keep everything else under lock and key too because of students stealing and being destructive. This includes any food I bring from home, tape, markers, stapler, clorox wipes, cheap headphones that are for students who get audio accommodations, my water bottle, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Shit, kids draw on and vandialize my kids desk and steal all the time the teacher tells them to put their stuff away.

That’s horrific. What grade?

10th grade.

Anonymous wrote:Shit, kids draw on and vandialize my kids desk and steal all the time the teacher tells them to put their stuff away.

That’s horrific. What grade?

Shit, kids draw on and vandialize my kids desk and steal all the time the teacher tells them to put their stuff away.

It’s common. It’s particularly common with things that kids have been asked not to bring to school, and things where it’s difficult to determine the rightful owner. Less common with items that are labeled. Schools care, but the most effective intervention is requesting that items not needed for school be left at home, followed by labeling belongings.

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was common.

It is.

I thought it was common.

Anonymous wrote:Got a note from school telling parents to not send electronics to school because kids are stealing them, but no mention of plans to address the stealing.

I don't think the school should spend its limited resources investigating the theft of electronics that evidently aren't required for school. If someone is caught there should be consequences, but I understand why the school would ask students to leave those things at home.

What plan would you put into place? Bag searches? Locker searches?

Got a note from school telling parents to not send electronics to school because kids are stealing them, but no mention of plans to address the stealing.

When assaults are ok, so is theft.

Hyperbole much, OP?

Obviously stealing at school isn't okay.

Wait what? Why are you asking? Can you say more?

Is theft a problem at your school?


Should schools care about students stealing from each other? Or is anything brought to school free for the taking?