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Anonymous wrote:This is sad that so many people assume the coat was stolen. I agree that is possible, but it would never be my first, second or fifth assumption with a kids jacket gone missing at school. Much more likely that another kid took it home accidentally, your kid left it somewhere, it fell off the hanger onto the floor and got moved to lost and found, etc. I could also easily see how it would take awhile for the mistake to be uncovered. I am the only person in my house who would notice if a similar but different coat came home with one of my kids - neither the kids nor their dad would notice!

OP, did your DC say there was ANOTHER coat left in the closet that looked similar to the one taken? If there was no other coat left, PP, think it is safe to assume the coat was stolen.

No. A kid may have not worn a coat to school that day and unthinkingly took a coat that looked like his own. Or a kid from an entirely different class could have grabbed the wrong coat off the playground in a rush and that kid's coat wound up in lost and found.

Anonymous wrote:Who would steal a coat from a school? The same type of person who'd steal coat hangers from a CHURCH's coat closet steps away from the main worship area.

I'm an usher and I can't tell you how often we've had to replace our entire hanger collection...and we have about 250 coat hangers to accommodate everyone.

Last week end, a visitor was seen taking out armloads of plastic hangers from our closet and was stopped by our custodian. The visitor explained that he "needed" these for his house.

What's this got to do with missing coats? It would be more comparable to OP's situation if there were instances of coats at church that went missing, one of which can cost as much or more than a supply of hangers.

Hi,OP here. Thanks all for the response. Yup, there was no other coat on the rack when she went home according to her. She is grade 5 so they are not that young to realize her coat had someone else's "smell".

We have only 3 classes on the same grade and 2 One grade below and 2 one grade after. I have walked by during the day all 7 class rooms. No coat. No coat of ours in the lost and found either but its stacked to the brim with expensive lunch boxes, hats and other coats, jackets and water bottles! Poor parents are just throwing money!

It's possible she could have left it somewhere but it is not like her to do so. She doesn't like to take her coat off actually most of the time when we are out.

For those curious, It was a hand me down coat, so it is a few seasons old. Still a nice coat from Columbia but it sure wasn't a "highly" sought after coat. IN actual fact, it was pretty well used, a little stained, and had gone through plenty of washes.

I was not prepared to change the coat because I do have her next coat already lined up from her older sister. But it's a little big in size. Both hubby and I lost our jobs last year and while rememployed, are not earning our optimium and just taking something to keep the family running.



(But a super thank you 0802. Really really kind of you to reach out and offer but we will make do with her elder sisters so there could be someone else that is probably more deserving) you could try free cycle where you could give it directly to the recipient. I have seen coat drive and thrift stores mismanaged and they actually sometimes throw out still great coats which they think is "not good enough". Just so sad when there are needy people out there)

Anonymous wrote:This is sad that so many people assume the coat was stolen. I agree that is possible, but it would never be my first, second or fifth assumption with a kids jacket gone missing at school. Much more likely that another kid took it home accidentally, your kid left it somewhere, it fell off the hanger onto the floor and got moved to lost and found, etc. I could also easily see how it would take awhile for the mistake to be uncovered. I am the only person in my house who would notice if a similar but different coat came home with one of my kids - neither the kids nor their dad would notice!

OP, did your DC say there was ANOTHER coat left in the closet that looked similar to the one taken? If there was no other coat left, PP, think it is safe to assume the coat was stolen.

This is sad that so many people assume the coat was stolen. I agree that is possible, but it would never be my first, second or fifth assumption with a kids jacket gone missing at school. Much more likely that another kid took it home accidentally, your kid left it somewhere, it fell off the hanger onto the floor and got moved to lost and found, etc. I could also easily see how it would take awhile for the mistake to be uncovered. I am the only person in my house who would notice if a similar but different coat came home with one of my kids - neither the kids nor their dad would notice!

Kids do steal the brand name stuff, even in well to do school districts.

I also replaced the light weight NF jacket so many times that I made DD pay for a new one. KEEP UP WITH YOUR STUFF!

I think my kids recycled clothes they hated into the lost and found. That Target jacket that was not cool enough somehow disappeared ...

Anonymous wrote:My kids coat from LL Bean was taken when he took it off at recess. I went to lost and found and no one turned it in. What parent keeps a coat they know does not belong to them. Grr. I even have his name and our phone number in the coat.

It happens...my dd had a size 12 llbean coat...at the end of the year, her jacket was a size 14, same style. Eventually we figured out the owner but, she had out grown the 14, and her sister could use the 12 the next year.

Kids are not that observant...and neither are some parents. It was not malicious, and we are not sure who tool the wrong coat in the first place,

My kids coat from LL Bean was taken when he took it off at recess. I went to lost and found and no one turned it in. What parent keeps a coat they know does not belong to them. Grr. I even have his name and our phone number in the coat.

I think this probably happens a lot: kid leaves coat somewhere and doesn't even miss it right away. It's found and, at most, other kids nearby are asked if it's theirs. There may be some ambivalence about who takes it but it doesn't cross their minds to consider that there is an original owner.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop dressing her in Northface and HH stuff

Stop putting the blame where it doesn't belong. I didn't see where OP specified the type of coat, but even if it was a desirable brand why would that matter? Is it somehow "acceptable" to take something that doesn't belong to you if it is a high end item? Nobody deserves to get their stuff stolen regardless of brand or cost, so this comment and the attitude it reveals is completely ridiculous.

No it isn't acceptable to steal any coat. I was just curious to know if the brand was a high end coat or a coat that a lot of other kids might have, too. And actually what I should have asked is:is it a generic trendy looking coat that a lot of kids might own. Or is it a unique looking coat.

A blue wind breaker for instance might be easily mistaken for their own. A pink, polka dot coat not so much.

Oops. In that case, I badly misjudged your intent and I apologize for my abrupt post in response to yours. Your post does raise some potentially useful questions when considered the way you intended.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop dressing her in Northface and HH stuff

Stop putting the blame where it doesn't belong. I didn't see where OP specified the type of coat, but even if it was a desirable brand why would that matter? Is it somehow "acceptable" to take something that doesn't belong to you if it is a high end item? Nobody deserves to get their stuff stolen regardless of brand or cost, so this comment and the attitude it reveals is completely ridiculous.

No it isn't acceptable to steal any coat. I was just curious to know if the brand was a high end coat or a coat that a lot of other kids might have, too. And actually what I should have asked is:is it a generic trendy looking coat that a lot of kids might own. Or is it a unique looking coat.

A blue wind breaker for instance might be easily mistaken for their own. A pink, polka dot coat not so much.

Anonymous wrote:Who would steal a coat from a school? The same type of person who'd steal coat hangers from a CHURCH's coat closet steps away from the main worship area.

I'm an usher and I can't tell you how often we've had to replace our entire hanger collection...and we have about 250 coat hangers to accommodate everyone.

Last week end, a visitor was seen taking out armloads of plastic hangers from our closet and was stopped by our custodian. The visitor explained that he "needed" these for his house.

That makes no sense. They cost literally pennies a piece. I think the thief has a personal problem (and a house hoarded full of hangers).

Who would steal a coat from a school? The same type of person who'd steal coat hangers from a CHURCH's coat closet steps away from the main worship area.

I'm an usher and I can't tell you how often we've had to replace our entire hanger collection...and we have about 250 coat hangers to accommodate everyone.

Last week end, a visitor was seen taking out armloads of plastic hangers from our closet and was stopped by our custodian. The visitor explained that he "needed" these for his house.