to expect very tight security at school?

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i came to pick up ds from nursery. The guard should have been at the gate but buzzed me in from the office. I went in thru the automated gate and then a second gate that was also open and into playground and picked up ds from nursey building. When i came out of the premises i saw the guard hadn't closed the gate. (i cant do it, it is automated)

I was flabbergasted, it was playtime for the main school and the kids were a few feet from the street and a busy road. I couldn't see the teacher on duty anywhere in sight.

I complained to the guard - he since had appeared - and he said he could see everything from the camera

I think it is NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Am i unreasonable to expect 100% security?

dat you PC?

and ahhh and totally and enraged that it makes more sense now .. what a sick sad world

nope!

oops, nope to PC (i presume that is an acroynm)

sorry thought you were prettycandles for a moment there

gosh its gone quiet...

that your school needs that kind of security.

i guess its not so much a security question as a qestion re school's responsiblilty. can kids be unsupervised like that whilst in school's care?

I think judging by the state of alert that Jewish places of worship and education have to be on as a matter of course then this is probably a serious breach and may well be worth bringing up with the board of governors.

There is a reason that such security measures are employed, for them to be lax makes them pointless.

added to which you have the general safety issues of any young children being able to just get out then yes it is probably serious enough to take on

thank you twiglett!

when i brought this topic up, i think i took for a granted that we have asecurity guard. As you saw, I was more worried about kids ability to decide, ok, today teacher shouted, i feel like leaving early.

I remeber reading in the paper, oh my gosh, little kid left school by themselves and walked home.

I didnt mean it to be a question of whether there should be a guard. I should have been clearer and asked is it normal for kids to occasionally be left unsupervised near an open gate.

well our London Primary school does not have unlocked gates UNLESS there is a member of staff standing at them in the morning

In the afternoons the teacher has to see you before they're allowed to go home

The front door entry system however is flawed as the office is off to the side, and despite 2 door entry you just get buzzed into the main school .. but a child can't get out because you need to be buzzed out too

Well presumably you have 2 different factors here - the gate that wasn't shut and the lack of playground supervision. I'd probably be more concerned about the latter than the former to be honest, but as other have noted I'm amazed at a school having a guard so if you were expecting to be the subject of attacks the situation might be different.

FWIW I think that as children grow that little bit older they are less inclined to dash out of the school at every opportunity. But little comfort when your lo is still in nursery.