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Has anyone else had a problem with students using faculty restrooms? Already this year, in less than a full week of school, I've caught three different girls coming out of faculty restrooms -- including one girl whom I've caught twice.

I guess part of the problem is that the Vice-Principal doesn't seem to take this all that seriously. It's supposed to be what we call an "Out of Bounds" violation. Under the school disciplinary code "Out of Bounds" is supposed to be detention for a first offense, extended detention for a second offense and Saturday Detention for the third. But so far all these girls -- including the girl caught twice -- have only been told not to do it again.

Some of my collegues that I've spoken to, say that it does happen occasionally (and that it did happen occasionally in past years), but they don't seem to think it's worth making an issue of. Personally, I don't want to make it a huge issue, but teachers and staff are supposed to have seperate ba...See More
Catsister Absolutely, if that kid knew what she was doing, she should get in trouble. Is it possible she's being bullied in the kid rest room, or is it possible that the kid restroom is unbearable?

If it is a single seater, it's bad enough. But teachers should absolutely not be in a situation where they could see a student in a state of undress, if...See More
Sep 10, 2013
Mom to Three The issue is more indicative of the high school students' respect for staff and boundaries. It only takes one or two to start to make it seam like a gray area. Also better to be firm on rules and regs or others may let things slide.

On 9/10/13, Catsister wrote: > Absolutely, if that kid knew what she was doing, she should > get in tr...See More
Sep 16, 2013


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