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really pissed off at my daughters school..

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Skoorb said:
This is unacceptable.

I'm not saying sue them but I would demand a written apology and frankly if they don't give you one I'd consider seeing if you can get anybody in the news to at least make a story about it. If you spin it properly they may be interested, a kid with a broken foot should not be sent back to class for several hours because the faculty are too stupid. Perhaps you could report it to the school board or something, too, if the principal is going to be an ass about it.

Alternatively if you know the teachers who did this you could email them and the principal and let them know what happened and they will feel like total asses.

But, really, it sounds like if they did tell the principal he is the sole ass. So you could call him out on the email, copy the teachers who did help, and humiliate him in front of his employees.

Wow, I have lots of tricks, there are many ways to play it.
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This. If you know a lawyer, have him send a letter implying a lawsuit. F*** with them until you get the apology.

Or wait til he's off school grounds and....
 
mattpegher said:
What is it with schools now a days, they are so arrogant, and never apologetic when they make a mistake. They think that all parents are incompetent with out any parental rights. They feel they are above reproach and answer to no one.

Waggy do you have any other children? It only gets worse in higher grades.
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I think if you apologize, you're effectively admitting that you made a mistake in judgment, and no one wants to be doing that. At least that's probably what their lawyers advise.
 
Sue the pants off of the school, administration, and teachers. The only way these lame schools will shape up is if their budget takes a hit. Get a lawyer asap.
 
blackdogdeek said:
i find it incredible that no one did anything about a girl who had to literally be carried around. i am quite certain your daughter's elementary school sucks. can you send her somewhere else? i would be looking for a different school and looking for a way to make the incident as public as possible.

that is completely unacceptable.
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its kinda a catch 22. While yes this should NEVER have happened the school is great. The kids get a great education (nearly everyone in my daughters class has math/reading scores at least 1 grade above).

but as for anything else besides teaching? yeah they suck.

last year one of the teachers seen some people in the feild (forest type area) with guns. The teacher notified the office who said they can't do anything since the princaple was gone.

teh teacher decided to call for a "lockdown" on her own (kids can't leave the room and sit on teh floor and police are called).

the police get the kids who are just playing with plastic guns.

Parents were NEVER notified from teh school. we had to get infor from the kids and eventually months latter the school did notify us.

Guess what the school did? Fired the teacher that called for a lockdown! she didn't fallow procedure in a emergancy so they canned her (she was going to quite in a few months anyway).
 
Rather than sue the school, make a compromise. A pediatric wheel chair would have been invaluable in that situation. Ask the school to purchase one in the event that this situation occurs again. Perhaps have designated staff members certified in first aid or BCLS, if that hasn't already been implemented.

~$2,000
 
waggy said:
its kinda a catch 22. While yes this should NEVER have happened the school is great. The kids get a great education (nearly everyone in my daughters class has math/reading scores at least 1 grade above).

but as for anything else besides teaching? yeah they suck.

last year one of the teachers seen some people in the feild (forest type area) with guns. The teacher notified the office who said they can't do anything since the princaple was gone.

teh teacher decided to call for a "lockdown" on her own (kids can't leave the room and sit on teh floor and police are called).

the police get the kids who are just playing with plastic guns.

Parents were NEVER notified from teh school. we had to get infor from the kids and eventually months latter the school did notify us.

Guess what the school did? Fired the teacher that called for a lockdown! she didn't fallow procedure in a emergancy so they canned her (she was going to quite in a few months anyway).
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Sounds like its not the school teachers that suck, but the principle/superintendent. Stuff like this is irritating.
 
werepossum said:
Agreed, a serious break could have serious consequences (such as nerve or arterial damage) that needs attention fairly quickly.

I think every school needs a registered nurse on duty; a nurse traveling between four schools is a nurse 75% likely to NOT be available when needed. Elementary schools are the worst, because people want their small children staying close to home and in small schools. Small schools are much more expensive to operate, which means things like school nurses get cut.
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While I agree a school nurse is important, its not in many schools budgets anymore. The school district my kids go to have a 4-5 million dollar budget deficit they have to find somewhere. They are talking about cutting all nurses, many extra curricular activities, closing schools, having less custodians (they have 2 at my son's school who rotate day/night shifts), etc, but of course, no mention of cutting administrators or anyone in the school administration office.

Whatever happened to putting the child first?
 
Skoorb said:
This is unacceptable.

I'm not saying sue them but I would demand a written apology and frankly if they don't give you one I'd consider seeing if you can get anybody in the news to at least make a story about it. If you spin it properly they may be interested, a kid with a broken foot should not be sent back to class for several hours because the faculty are too stupid. Perhaps you could report it to the school board or something, too, if the principal is going to be an ass about it.

Alternatively if you know the teachers who did this you could email them and the principal and let them know what happened and they will feel like total asses.

But, really, it sounds like if they did tell the principal he is the sole ass. So you could call him out on the email, copy the teachers who did help, and humiliate him in front of his employees.

Wow, I have lots of tricks, there are many ways to play it.
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I agree with this statement.
 
krunchykrome said:
This - I don't believe in frivolous lawsuits, but this is something I'd pursue.
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I wouldn't even consider this a frivolous suit. this is a legitimate complaint. OP sorry to hear about your daughter. hopefully she gets better soon. man I'm so pissed for you.what a bunch of assholes.
 
Nearly the same thing happened to my co-worker's kid. He had a broken wrist and made it through the whole day. Nobody contacted his mother.
 
So long story short - your daughter broke her leg at school, and before the end of the day they had called you and organised an ice pack, ready for hospital? WHAT MONSTERS!!1 SUE SUE SUE SUE!!!!
 
Unacceptable. You handled it a lot better than I would have, the principal would be laid out right now and I would be in jail somewhere.
 
Mike Gayner said:
So long story short - your daughter broke her leg at school, and before the end of the day they had called you and organised an ice pack, ready for hospital? WHAT MONSTERS!!1 SUE SUE SUE SUE!!!!
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You missing the part where this happened at the beginning of the day and was not addressed till the end of the day. Seriously, people that spend a full day with the kid should have immediately picked up on the fact that "Hey, something might be wrong". A kid cries for 10 mins, fine, ignore that, A kid crying for the full day? Humm, something MIGHT be wrong.
 
Seriously, there was a thread earlier about the pussification of American - this is an example of it. What kid hasn't broken bones before? When I broke my wrist, I didn't get it x-rayed for THREE DAYS. It fkn hurt, but meh kids hurt themselves all the time.

You expect too much when you expect the school to be 10% vigilant and never make any mistakes. Believe it or not America, you're the cause of your own pussification.

nick1985 said:
No wonder everybody hates your guts. Cock.
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Quoted for posterity.
 
Mike Gayner said:
Seriously, there was a thread earlier about the pussification of American - this is an example of it. What kid hasn't broken bones before? When I broke my wrist, I didn't get it x-rayed for THREE DAYS. It fkn hurt, but meh kids hurt themselves all the time.

You expect too much when you expect the school to be 10% vigilant and never make any mistakes. Believe it or not America, you're the cause of your own pussification.
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Yep, You are dumber than a pile of cow shit.

Do you know what can happen with a misdiagnosed/overlooked broken bone? There is potential for SEVERE consequenses.
 
Mike Gayner said:
Seriously, there was a thread earlier about the pussification of American - this is an example of it. What kid hasn't broken bones before? When I broke my wrist, I didn't get it x-rayed for THREE DAYS. It fkn hurt, but meh kids hurt themselves all the time.

You expect too much when you expect the school to be 10% vigilant and never make any mistakes. Believe it or not America, you're the cause of your own pussification.

Quoted for posterity.
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You are not only an ass, but a retarded one.

Sorry, that your parents were too retarded to immediately treat a broken limb, the rest of us received near immediate medical treatment when we broke something. This isn't a boo-boo that goes away, this is a broken bone. The ways kids react to a standard cut/bruise is MUCH different and noticeable from a cut.

Broken limbs are SERIOUS, not "meh". If he was complaining that someone hurt his child feelings, I might agree with you. but this is a serious medical problem that could possibly be pretty serious.

I agree with nick, you are an asshat.
 
Mike Gayner said:
Like I said, kids break their bones often. It's not that big of a deal.
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You are a medical retard. Kids don't break their bones often. I've met several people that have never broken a bone, and others that have broken maybe 1 in their life. It is uncommon. The school doesn't have a broken bone every day.

Look up possible complications with broken bones, it IS a big deal.
 
Mike Gayner said:
Like I said, kids break their bones often. It's not that big of a deal.
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care to point out that i have a problem with the broken bone? i don't because shit happens and kids get hurt.

I DO care about that 3 teachers knew something was wrong and nobody called me for 5 hours about it.

Somebody in charge should have done something. there is NO reason to let a small child sit around in pain because they are lazy.


and also point out where i said sue too.
 
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