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phoena, here's a story to add to treating everyone like criminals:
Today a fourth-grader used their younger sibling and a friend to create a distraction in our school's book fair while the kid tried to steal /eight/ books by slipping them into their backpack. The kid wasn't socioeconomically disadvantaged and is the offpsring of a juvenile court prosecutor. Think dad needs to put a healthy fear of breaking the law into the kid before they get beaten down for that kind of foolishness.
Among the new policies instituted as a result, jackets and backpacks must be left in the hallway outside the book fair room (or better yet, left in the classroom). I spent the rest of the day shivering without my hoodie to ward off the A/C's cold rays. Thanks, kid.
phoena, here's a story to add to treating everyone like criminals:Today a fourth-grader used their younger sibling and a friend to create a distraction in our school's book fair while the kid tried to steal /eight/ books by slipping them into their backpack. The kid wasn't socioeconomically disadvantaged and is the offpsring of a juvenile court prosecutor. Think dad needs to put a healthy fear of breaking the law into the kid before they get beaten down for that kind of foolishness.
Among the new policies instituted as a result, jackets and backpacks must be left in the hallway outside the book fair room (or better yet, left in the classroom). I spent the rest of the day shivering without my hoodie to ward off the A/C's cold rays. Thanks, kid.
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*bear hugs to keep you warm*
I did the next best thing to importing my favorite Bear: I wore my fuzzy grey sweater! By the end of the day I think I'd been petted by at least 50 kids.
That said, I think they should have made exceptions to teachers and adults helping with the fair.
On another note, I really like your icon. Vegs unite?
Today I wore a light sweater so there was no potential issue with having a hoodie.
I'm so frustrated with this system!
One good thing about being a small, fairly tight-knit school community is that while all of the students know there was a theft incident and I'm allowed to confirm that, the name of the primary instigator is widely known although staff and volunteers were told not to confirm or deny who was involved.
As it turned out, there was another spate of incidents today involving the same parties. They had to have a shakedown in that grade's classroom pod because a teacher's walkie-talkie, a just-purchased book, and a teacher's chocolate stash all disappeared by lunch. Whatever happened was resolved within an hour, but I think those parties are now facing more severe punishment.