To have rang their school?

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I pick my dd up from the bus stop every afternoon (secondary school).

For the past few weeks her bus has arrived at the same time as one coming in the opposite direction carrying children from a different school.

Two children get off at this stop - they cross the road (it's a dial carriageway type road, incredibly busy all the time) directly to a house on the other side.

One day last week I watched as one child picked up a wheel hub & threw it at motorists. A car swerved & drove on, but it could have caused an accident.

One day this week I watched as the same child climbed on top of a lit up pillar again in the middle of the road - if he fell he would have been killed. Without a doubt. He then walked out into the road causing traffic to beep & swerve.

I caught a glance at the blazer pocket & saw the school, today I called & voiced my concerns.

I feel guilty now, but I think I'd feel even worse if his behaviour continues & he ends up dead!

The teacher said she'd endeavour to find out who it is & have a word, I feel like a snitch at school.

you've done the right thing. The child isn't behaving appropriately and it needs to be corrected.

A word from his teacher/headteacher could save his life and possibly the life of an unsuspecting motorist. You did the right thing....no doubt at all.

I would have and have done the same, I also called the local police number and informed them.

The headteacher emailed a response the following day to say what they had done about the incident.

YANBU. If that were my son I'd be grateful someone had cared enough to do as you did.

Thanks, I never thought of ringing the local police. I felt bad enough ringing the school.

Will the school tell them it was someone who picks up at the same stop? As there's only me & one other family. I hope they don't as I don't want him to be angry with me.

I also felt sorry for his sibling who, no doubt, if an accident had occurred, would have shouldered some responsibility.

Not only are YANBU, I think you have probably prevented a very nasty accident in the future.

No, I'm quite sure the school will just tell him that a concerned member of the public contacted them.

You did the right thing and I think the School will be more helpful than the Police, in being able to identify him quickly.

YANBU. I would have done exactly the same thing however, their parents probably won't care !

YANBU, and no I don't think the school would say anything to identify you to the pupil, hopefully he will get told how dangerous and stupid this behaviour is!

I know a mum who (in a slightly different situation but I can't give details as it is identifying) didn't do anything.

And the "feared incident" happened and a teenage boy died.

You did the right thing.

You have done the right thing, but the school might not care.

I used to drive along a very busy, high speed road by a school whose pupils would get off the bus and stroll out into the traffic daring drivers to keep going. They thought it was funny. They could have been killed or killed someone else.

The school wrote back to say it wasn't their students, it must have been students from another school several miles further down the road. It wasn't, they had uniforms for the school I wrote to.

I did something similar a few years ago, by e-mail, and the Head dealt with it brilliantly. Also gave me feedback. For the pupil concerned it was the straw that broke the camel's back and the school was grateful to have reason to take action.

Our Head take concerns from the local community very seriously and occasionally brings them up in assembly in a stern way.
You did the right thing.