I know this seems ridiculous to many of you but there’s a reason it’s required and I’m sure something has happened at that school where they now need four contacts.

I work in a preschool and you have no idea how many times the primary emergency contacts are not reachable so we need to move to emergency contacts.

Once I had exhausted all of the emergency contacts and had to start googling the parent’s supervisors phone numbers so I can get a hold of the parents.

I face this too, a few years ago. I wrote in my husband's name and my name in different ways

middle name, last name - his cell number
my middle name, maiden name - my cell number

and I also put in a few neighbors who I didn't check with first, as 3rd and 4th because they will NEVER call them.

Anonymous wrote:3. Regina Phalange
4. Art Vandelay

lol THIS! Make them up op. I have no contacts for anywhere so I've had to make them up before its real awkward.

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Anonymous wrote:Put down the names and numbers of the parents of your kids’ friends.

They might be in need of an emergency contact, too.

Ok but that's not a criteria. Our emergency bus contacts also all have kids on the same bus.

Excuse me, criterion. That's what I get for being on DCUM during a conference call.

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Anonymous wrote:Put down the names and numbers of the parents of your kids’ friends.

They might be in need of an emergency contact, too.

Ok but that's not a criteria. Our emergency bus contacts also all have kids on the same bus.

You don't know four parents (or really just two sets) at your child's school? Or any of your neighbors? Do your kids play sports?

I'd do this in a heartbeat for a neighbor even if I didn't know them well.

Anonymous wrote:3. Regina Phalange
4. Art Vandelay

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Not a school post, though it's peripherally related: our kids were denied bus service (private school) because DH and I couldn't provide four (!) local emergency contacts. I work from home, so I don't have local colleagues, and he could only find two to agree. We have no family in town. Don't know our neighbors. The school said we can sign up once we come up with two more names, but I feel like such an utter failure. No question. Just a vent.

get to know your neighbors

How? We've lived here three years and have seen them like a dozen times.

knock on their door and introduce yourself

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I could ask on my buy nothing group and somebody would volunteer to be my contact. I would just ask.

I'm sure they would and while you are lying in the hospital, your random contact will be looking after your baby.

Unless my spouse was in a catastrophic accident with me they would be the next contact. Then each of my parents, by the time we get to the 4th if nobody else is available we’re probably all doomed anyway. This is all so remote its not worth worrrying about.

I feel like this school might require you to book separate travel.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you include yourself (works from home) and your husband (local) — or do you need to have six contacts altogether?

Four local, non-parent contacts.

911

Anonymous wrote:3. Regina Phalange
4. Art Vandelay

Is this THE architect Art Vandelay.

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Anonymous wrote:That's ridiculous. Put your mom's/dad's/sister's name and your phone numbers.

I do this. I use my non-local brother and his cell for my third emergency contact. By the time they're on my third emergency contact it must have really hit the fan.

The rest of my list is cobbled together from a retired neighbor I barely know (just moved) and a SAHM friend who lives in Nova but nowhere near us. We just moved but at our school I eventually transitioned to using parents of classmates as a PP suggested.

*at our old school

Anonymous wrote:That's ridiculous. Put your mom's/dad's/sister's name and your phone numbers.

I do this. I use my non-local brother and his cell for my third emergency contact. By the time they're on my third emergency contact it must have really hit the fan.

The rest of my list is cobbled together from a retired neighbor I barely know (just moved) and a SAHM friend who lives in Nova but nowhere near us. We just moved but at our school I eventually transitioned to using parents of classmates as a PP suggested.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I could ask on my buy nothing group and somebody would volunteer to be my contact. I would just ask.

I'm sure they would and while you are lying in the hospital, your random contact will be looking after your baby.

Unless my spouse was in a catastrophic accident with me they would be the next contact. Then each of my parents, by the time we get to the 4th if nobody else is available we’re probably all doomed anyway. This is all so remote its not worth worrrying about.