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It's rare that anyone is totally alone in whatever their issue or issues might be? How about this one?
Has anyone else noticed the lax supervision on the playground at Stratford Road? The gate by the kindergarten center walker entrance isn't locked and there are never any adults around there watching the kids. I know because I live right in that neighborhood. The kids play over there with nobody watching them. What's to stop some nut case from walking into that area and endangering the children?
There's a gym teacher in charge of that whole rec period. If something happens to one of those children, safety, medical, whatever, that teacher is liable. The administration doesn't respond to parent complaints about this. They might listen to the teachers' union though. That gate should always be locked and the support staff should be assigned to specific areas of the playground. Any area that is without an adult should be off limits to the children. The administrators should be making random visits to make sure everyone is where they are supposed to be. All that has to happen is for a child to be seriously hurt, or worse, and the teacher in charge will be held accountable. Mr. Rosenfeld, I hope you're reading this and are willing to take action in the interest of both teacher and child.
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No, you're not alone. Stratford rec isn't well supervised. The aides stand in a huddle and talk to each other. Some are one on one aides but they don't even watch the one they're supposed to. The teacher on duty is the one accountable? I never thought of it that way but you're right.
ReplyDeleteThe gate isn't locked but the kids can go over near it by themselves? That's crazy! I wonder if Mr. Dempsey and the board knows about this.
They don't train the aides on the playground or at rec or supervising dismissal and arrival on maintaining safety throughout the district. It's something that left up to the building principals. Some do a better job with it than others. The board should provide specific guidelines on gates, exterior doors and supervision.
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