School have lost dd's necklace

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DD borrowed a laptop from school this morning and was asked to hand in a valueable item, she handed in her necklace.
They didnt have it when she returned the laptop and she's just been told to come back at the end of the day to see if someones returned it which isnt likely.

What should we expect the school to do in looking for it? If they don't find it should they be replacing it or are they not required to do that?

Its pretty expensive and we let dd take it with the risk of her losing it herself which would obviously be her fault but the office were supposed to be looking after it in return for her looking after their laptop.

But with such a ridiculous system, how does anyone at the school know if an item is valuable or not? Bracelet from a Christmas cracker for a laptop, then?

Bizarre.

And why get children accustomed to systems that are so obviously easily abused IRL. It does not teach them to be careful and look out for themselves out of school.

This discussion about how easy it is or not to remove a necklace without getting half undressed very easy is getting quite bizarre and is kinda irrelevant to this discussion.

Have you been able to speak to anyone this afternoon, OP?

Is this in U.K.? I find it very odd. Is it even legal?

At the very LEAST they should be making a note of a brief description of the item before taking responsibility for it.

When I was a nurse if we had to take care of patients valuables eg while they were in surgery (rare as having valuables on the ward was discouraged) we had to write a brief description - I still remember being told not to write "gold watch" but "gold coloured watch" because else problems the other way where patients could/would claim they handed in a solid gold item and try and claim compensation.

Sorry - tangent

But they're operating a ridiculous system that's wide open to abuse/mishaps!

If they can't find it they need to pay for a replacement.

The person who came up with this system obviously lacks the brain they were born with.

If they kept a proper system with it that kept items in separate boxes it wouldn't be so bad.

Lazy and stupid. A sterling combination.

Make sure you get properly reimbursed and trigger some kind of inquiry to prevent this happening again. Jewellery or phones taken in can be more expensive than a laptop and what if the jewellery is antique/heirloom that can't be replaced? What about phones with personal information on them?

I'd question sending my child there if standards of basic organisation and system is that low/downright stupid!

What is the value of the necklace?

I think you need to send a factual email - they may well get all the students who took laptops together and ask about the necklace - they than will change the system

The system needs to be improved some what!!

What happens if the laptop is damaged or stolen in their care? Same for left items?

Seems madness

Seems a bizarre system to me.

Then again, I've been accused of losing student jewellery when confiscated even though I'd handed it back to them and they've lost it.

Jewellery or phones taken in can be more expensive than a laptop and what if the jewellery is antique/heirloom that can't be replaced? What about phones with personal information on them?
My honest view is that nobody should be sending their child to school with anything they wouldn't be happy to replace should something happen to it. Phones should be lockable.
I'm not ok-ing the school policy by the way.

I hope your daughter gets her necklace back however I don't think it's likely

Hopefully they school will replace it as they were the ones in possession when it went missing and their system isn't exactly amazing is it if they don't record what is left by who

So someone has stolen your DD's necklace, does that need reporting to the police so you can get a crime number and claim on your house insurance?
Ridiculous system, and school know it's open to possessions getting stolen?

If be keeping the laptop until they find it!

Has it turned up yet?

So has your daughter managed to get her necklace back yet?

The school I work at have a similar policy for lower years.

If they forget uniform and want to borrow a tie/blazer they have to leave something. That can be a phone,keys, bus pass or money. Basically something we can guarantee they will come back for. Otherwise they wander off with the stuff and never return it.

Some little sods got wise to it and started bringing an old phone to leave behind.

I should say, we keep all things in a locked cabinet, clearly labelled and they can't access it themselves. Only certain staff can.

We used to take a shoe for a pencil. Nowadays we've been told not to take mobiles off pupils as as accusation of it being damaged or lost would be serious.

Someone handed in a necklace they think is dd's after school on friday, i'll go in to check and get it back monday morning.
They didnt lend any laptops out expept to Y11 and sixth form for the rest of the week. Its sounds like they've dealt with it by pretending it was taken by accident which isnt great but I'm glad if we've managed to get it back.

Hope you managed to get it back @upsideup . Think the school definitely need to change the policy!