to be really upset that DD coat went missing at school?

[memoo]

Picked DD (age 9) up from school and she had no coat. I asked her where it was and she said she couldn't find it.

I went back into school and asked her teacher if she knew where it was and she just said "no sorry" with a couldn't care less attitude.

So I myself searched everywhere, classroom, playground etc. Couldn't find it. So now DD has no coat!

I feel really cross and upset that her coat has just gone like that. I know DD has to look after her own coat to a certain extent but surely the school also has a duty to ensure people don't take somebody elses coat at hometime.

I can't believe how much it has upset me, had to stop myself getting upset at school. I can't afford to fork out another £30 for new one.

And now DD has no coat to wear to school tomorrow

I wish I could get a job as unifrom sorter at a school. I would love to sift through it all and return it to its rightful class/owner.

I wouldn't want paying or anything.

Needmorecoffe, do you really think that, as well as educating about 30 kids and making sure 30 kids are safe, a teacher should look after all their belongings for them?

Not the teacher's fault but I can understand you being annoyed. Ds lost his (expensive) coat the first day at secondary school. It did turn up after a couple of weeks however.

What annoys me more is that I know for a fact some people steal uniform. My neighbour actually admitted it to me one day that when her son needed something she would go to lost property and basically take what she wanted, named or not .

The last year of primary ds looked a scruff because I just refused point blank to buy anything new. Waste of money.

Flightthebluetouchpaper - just go into the office and offer to do it. I guarantee that they will be delighted. I do this on a termly basis [even wierder wierdo emoticon]

memoo my offer still stands, can send you pics if you like