Today my son's teacher confiscated his housekey. Then the bus driver made him get off the bus at home when he was supposed to go to his aunt's house. I was working. My son was stuck outside the house with no key because the driver MADE him get off the bus. He even told my son I was home! My son knew I was at work and that he was supposed to go to his aunt's. Well, his cousin's told his aunt where he was and she came and got him. So everything is fine, but I am irrate. I feel I need to intervene but I don't know what I should do. I already called his teacher. But I feel like I need to do something drastic. What would you do? Do you think I am just overreacting? Because I don't. My son is 9.
2006-11-16 15:58:17 · 10 answers · asked by L.J. 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
well i spoke to everybody and i wasn't mean but i did cry and i was upset. but i think we have all come to a reasonable agreement. the kids almost always go home from school together. usually i pick them up. they ride the same bus together everyday so it was just weird because they always do these things when i tell them, no note needed, just my words on the phone to the advisor. the key was an accident she didn't know it was attached to the inside of his wallet. she saw his wallet and took it cause he had money in it. it was her mistake not to give it back.
2006-11-19 15:13:08 · update #1
Why would his teacher take his house key? Was he being bad at school? That's the first question. I wouldn't be upset at the bus driver because she probably has to let him off at his house from what I remember from riding the bus. The teacher should not have taken his key though. Even if she did because he was playing with it or something she should have given it back at the end of the day. I wouldn't yell at her or anything out of hand like that. I would just act like the bigger person and tell her that you were really scared for your son, you wouldn't want anything bad to happen. You didn't appreciate it and next time to call you if she's not going to give the key back. Also, maybe you should hide a key outside of your house in case something like that happened again.
2006-11-16 16:10:46 · answer #1 · answered by acstar1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A lot of times schools are not allowed to allow a student to go anywhere else without a note from a parent/guardian. It doesn't say whether your child had a note today. I don't know why a bus driver would have said you were at home since s/he wouldn't know. That is upsetting that the teacher confiscated a house key and didn't return it by the end of the day. Look into your school's policy on allowing your son to go to his aunt's house. Also, talk to the teacher about the key. Perhaps it was a mistake that she did not give it back by the end of the day. Make sure you do not go in angry because that will make it harder to accomplish positive results. And remember, teachers are human too. They make mistakes.
2006-11-19 20:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by caitlinerika 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all I hope you have checked with your state's social services because in some states it is illegal for a child that age to be home alone for any amount of time. Since he had a key before the teacher took it he obviously stays home alone. My question is why didn't his aunt go and pick him up if it was such an issue? That's why schools ask parents for a list of people allowed to pick the kids up from school. It is not up to the bus driver to change the bus route to accomdate your son, so I would have to assume that your son got on the wrong bus if he was supposed to go to his aunts, sinice I can recall when my daughter would go to her dance class after school she would have to take a different bus than the one that ran the route past our home. I also had to secure it with the school since she was riding that other bus three times a week.
2006-11-17 03:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to the school Principal regarding the teacher. There is no good reason for a key to ever be taken from a child. She should be disciplined. Talk to the "Bus Barn" and complain with regard to the bus driver. A 9 year old is capable of knowing where he should be- the driver was wrong.
2006-11-17 11:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by NAN G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi! I understand your feeling. You should ask the Bus driver for the reason not sending your son to his aunt's house. Also why teacher confiscated the housekey. It is not the correct way. The house key is not his/her property. He/she should return the key after school.
2006-11-17 00:11:03 · answer #5 · answered by Stresseric 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, you are not overreacting. the guy basically forced your son to stay home alone with no way to get inside the house! call the school first thing in the morning and ask who you need to talk to. where i'm from the bus companies are run by a company that is separate from the school.
2006-11-17 00:04:28 · answer #6 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh girl I would press charges, go to the school with the police and file a complaint. The local news crew wouldn't hurt either. These people are responsible for the safety of your child in their care. They actually put his life in danger with their cruelty and carelessness. That school is lucky I'm not the parent coming down there. What in the HELL is wrong there? Make sure that never happens again to any child.
2006-11-17 00:56:43 · answer #7 · answered by lilyvix2 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would be FURIOUS!!
Of course schools and buses have systems fro kids going to different stops so hopefully you sent him with a permission slip? And the teacher?? What was that teacher thinking?? Perhaps the child was playing with the key in class but STILL...return it for Pete's sake. They are SO liable for could have happened to your son
Go after them momma-style!
2006-11-17 18:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by mariasonawire 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The driver needs to quit being so lazy and actually think before they send kids off. Authority needs to put in their place when stupid things are done. See the principal and make sure it never happens again.
2006-11-17 00:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by bored_at_work 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i would totally call the school to speak with the principle and then call the bus compound and make a complaint on your childs bus driver
2006-11-17 00:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Jessica C 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋