I am so pissed. I just picked ds (6) up from school because he had a "toileting accident". This was SO unlike ds, I was shocked. I went to pick him up, and find out what happened.
I walk into the nurses office, and DS is sitting there in a chair with his wet pants for everyone and their mama to see (and I mean he was soaked--I had to change his socks, wash his shoe laces, and clean his shoes
). I ask "Excuse me, but you couldn't give him a towel or drape to put on his lap?!" and I get "Oh, well, I didn't think of it.".
So I get him changed, and ask him what happened. Here's his story:
I was outside for recess and I really had to pee. I told Ms. C "I really have to pee" and she told me okay, to knock on the door. So I knocked on the door for a really long time, and I was hopping cuz I had to pee so bad, and I went back to Ms. C and said I really had to pee. She told me to go knock again, and some pee came out when I was hopping back to the door. Then she sent the helper [teacher's aid/paraprofessional] to knock with me, then all the pee came out. The helper had to go to a window and knock for the teacher to stop teaching and let me in.
I asked him how he felt and he said "I felt soooo embarassed and thought 'Oh man, this is gonna stink and feel uncomfortable on my legs' and I didn't want anyone to see me and know I peed in my pants"
The teacher never apologized to my son. Never told him it was okay, not to be upset, it wasn't his fault, etc.
I understand the policy to keep the door locked from the outside, so that any stranger can walk in and molest/kidnap/harm a child. But I do NOT understand the policy of leaving a 6 year old or younger to bang on a metal door with the hopes that someone will happen to be walking by at that moment to let them in. Especially if you're not going to follow up and make sure they made it in.
: Especially with a child who is new to the district!
What would you do? I want to write a note to Ms. C, but don;t know exactly what to say. I am livid, but do not want all my anger to come through, as I don't want to be taken as some irrational, emotional, wacky home schooling mother who likes to complain about the public school.
kelly
PS-I don't think this is fit for "Learning at school and beyond" or whatever, because this has nothing to do with his education.
I walk into the nurses office, and DS is sitting there in a chair with his wet pants for everyone and their mama to see (and I mean he was soaked--I had to change his socks, wash his shoe laces, and clean his shoes
). I ask "Excuse me, but you couldn't give him a towel or drape to put on his lap?!" and I get "Oh, well, I didn't think of it.".So I get him changed, and ask him what happened. Here's his story:
I was outside for recess and I really had to pee. I told Ms. C "I really have to pee" and she told me okay, to knock on the door. So I knocked on the door for a really long time, and I was hopping cuz I had to pee so bad, and I went back to Ms. C and said I really had to pee. She told me to go knock again, and some pee came out when I was hopping back to the door. Then she sent the helper [teacher's aid/paraprofessional] to knock with me, then all the pee came out. The helper had to go to a window and knock for the teacher to stop teaching and let me in.
I asked him how he felt and he said "I felt soooo embarassed and thought 'Oh man, this is gonna stink and feel uncomfortable on my legs' and I didn't want anyone to see me and know I peed in my pants"
The teacher never apologized to my son. Never told him it was okay, not to be upset, it wasn't his fault, etc.
I understand the policy to keep the door locked from the outside, so that any stranger can walk in and molest/kidnap/harm a child. But I do NOT understand the policy of leaving a 6 year old or younger to bang on a metal door with the hopes that someone will happen to be walking by at that moment to let them in. Especially if you're not going to follow up and make sure they made it in.
: Especially with a child who is new to the district!What would you do? I want to write a note to Ms. C, but don;t know exactly what to say. I am livid, but do not want all my anger to come through, as I don't want to be taken as some irrational, emotional, wacky home schooling mother who likes to complain about the public school.
kelly
PS-I don't think this is fit for "Learning at school and beyond" or whatever, because this has nothing to do with his education.
That is horrible!
I know just how that feels. I peed my pants at school when I was about that age b/c of a bladder infection. It was so embarrassing...but, I had a good teacher that made sure none of the other kids knew what was going on.
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