School Situation update...

I guess the intimidation was feeling like I don't have enough knowledge on policy if they were to start throwing things back at us. But you will be happy to know that I put on my "big girl panties" love ya mom, and have already made several phone calls. The first call I made was to Kenya's principal. I did not reveal that I was the aunt but that I was a concerned parent of a child who attends in the district and I wanted to know the policy for keeping track of kids while school is in session. After I received the PTA's information I then was directed to the principal, who at first was a quick answer as Mindy had said he was to her. But once I started asking he started answering...if that makes sense. I am planning on calling several schools, PTA's, the school board and I was already planning on Media but am glad to hear that the idea is being backed up. So I first asked the principal what the policy was on keeping track of students and he said that each school does it their own way and each teacher is responsible for keeping track. Well then I asked how they keep track, and he said that each teacher does it differently. I then asked what the majority is and he said that he can't speak for the teachers. I asked about the buddy system and he said that it is used on field trips and such. I asked how they are tracked from one room in the school to the next. He said that they each do it differently(AGAIN NOTED) and that they are kept in lines. Frustrated I wasn't getting anywhere I then asked about how frequently bathrooms are checked. He stated that when a student goed to the bathroom they have a colored cone for what grade they are in and it is to be left outside the door to note a student is in there. I asked about Kindergartner's since their classroom's have bathrooms and he said the teachers check them frequently. Remember that the bathroom is where Kenya was left!!! I then said that I had been made aware of a situation where a student left school grounds and what policy is then. He then said that last week they had a situation where the student went to a neighbors yard, was found by a teacher, the parents were called and were notified that the next step would have been notifying the police. Well I will refresh your memory when I say that Mindy wasn't called, and Kenya was not found in a neighbors yard she was sitting in front of the school sobbing hysterically and then was noticed. That really upset Mindy especially when she heard that the principal actually took the time to talk to me and not her. Anyways he said in the 8 years he has been there that only 3 times has this happened. He also said in his principal evaluation by the school board last year he rated highest for student safety. I have left a vm with the PTA for that school, have left a voicemail for my school's principal and am getting ready to call the PTA and additional authorities, and even if I get an answer there are many many schools in this district and others and if it is a school by school policy who is to say the media shouldn't be contacted anyways??? That is a question I pose now.