Anonymous wrote:No doors and no locks are two different situations. It is hard for me to believe that the boys bathroom are more vandalized than the girls. Really an overall sad case.

This is February and all of sudden this eas discovered and discussed. Hogwash, the choice between buying books or bathroom locks is pretty evident. I guess someone doesn't give a shit.

Anonymous wrote:Is history repeating itself? Remember the years of broken toilets, no heat, asbestos, fire locked doors and other nuisances? What goes around comes around, I guess.

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Takoma Aquatic center is closed??? OMGoodness, I had no idea. I loved going over there to let DD play in pool and watch swim meets.

No, it's not closed. The previous poster was incorrect.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you people for real? There should be locks on doors and the maintaining of nice, renovated faciilties. If a child is caught vandalizing, they should be suspended. That is natual consequences. -Don't have a child at Deal. I have one at another school, where a few years ago when the bathroom nonsense started the children had to get a key from the teacher for a while. Pain for everyone, but the bathroom nonsense was not tolerated.

Unless you have a staff member who can be stationed outside bathrooms and check it on a regular basis it is pretty hard to catch children in the act of vandalizing a bathroom. In a crowded school like Deal it's extra hard.