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Am I being a pratt?

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KatyMac · 07/04/2011 22:43

DD's class was kept in today for 15 minutes for bad behaviour (fair enough, I don't like class punishments be it can be hard to identify the trouble makers)

But this meant DD missed the bus home; rural school, no safe possibility of walking home

Do I mention to school that I found this a bit inconvenient as leaving work to 'pop & collect her' was tricky

Or do I just ignore?

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KatyMac · 08/04/2011 21:06

I must do something

But I am annoyed nothing can be done for 3 weeks now

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penguin73 · 12/04/2011 07:33

Prior to the changes keeping a child up to 15 mins without notice was fine, however I don't know anyone who would do so under these circumstances. Did your child make the teacher aware? A letter explaining the situation politely and asking that your child be allowed to do similar punishments with notice in future is reasonable and should be allowed. Chances are the teacher/school will be able to come up with a policy if one does not already exist that will make allowances for those affected this way. Expecting a response on the last day of term to a non-urgent issue is a bit unreasonable though!

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KatyMac · 12/04/2011 19:00

About 2/3rds of he school get buses; so it's likely the teacher was aware

The office have admitted she shouldn't have been kept, but they don't know why she was

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TheFallenMadonna · 12/04/2011 19:08

We don't keep students in after the bell because of buses. Not for any length of time at all - and we get told off ourselves if we do! Someone will be getting a bollocking after Easter for sure.

I always give a lunchtime detention in the first instance, but would give an after school (with notice, and room for negotiation on date if parents request) if that were missed. I do get a bit Hmm with parents who expect me to give up two of my lunchtimes (which are only 35 minutes, so to give one half hour detention would take two 15 minute lunchtime detentions) to punish their children who have not only misbehaved in the first place but then compunded that by missing a detention.

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KatyMac · 12/04/2011 19:36

Oh I agree

If she is badly behaved she needs punishing; after school is fine with 24hrs notice

However, if the teacher didn't keep her in late I will be hard pressed to punish her 3 weeks after the event

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seeker · 15/04/2011 07:26

Not sure what you would be punishing her for - do you think she missed the bus because she was doing something she shouldn't have been doing?

And if it was the whole class, weren't there loads of children missing the bus? What did they do?

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KatyMac · 15/04/2011 07:32

No but I'm not sure the teacher did keep them in; DD could have been messing around & missed the bus

I felt I was giving the school the benefit of the doubt, it might not have been them it might have been her

But if it was, it's too late to do anything

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seeker · 15/04/2011 07:36

Well, it's not really - it's not as if she's at primary school.

I would probably have said to mine when she rang to be picked up "Sorry - can't come at the moment - you'll just have to wait at school until I finish work. You can be getting on with your homework."

That would cover both detention and messing about.

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