05/12/2023
Imagine your children being abandoned my school staff after school.
So imagine your kids stay after school for activities but there is a schedule change. Now imagine you tell your kids no worries I'm on my way, let the dismal teacher know I'm on the way, but it will 25 minutes before I arrive so you will need to sit in the lobby to wait. Now imagine even worst, your kids are denied entry back inside the school and told wait outside until a parent arrives. (This was at 2:20pm on November 30th and I wouldn't have arrived until 4pm, her normal afterschoo activities dismal time. If my child didn't have her phone she would've been sitting there until 4pm after I picked up her sibling.
So I pull up they are outside in the curb crying. NO TEACHER OR STAFF INSIGHT. I get them together and go inside the school. The teacher who denied them entry stated she was only doing her job and following the principals order. Mind you there are no "Walkers" at the school since there are no sidewalks making it unsafe to walk home. Everyone must be picked up by a parent or catch the bus. I reached out to the principal and went to the school the next day. I was promised a call back, still no answer, so I reported them to the board of education and now the news stations for unsafe practices and neglect.
If this is the school policy that after dismal is over all late students not attending after school activities are on their own, then NO STAFF members children should be allowed to stay inside and wait on their parents either. The policy being inforced should apply to all children no matter if their parents work at the school or not. But of course that is not the policy. Spread the word. Fox5 DC NBC News GMA News ABC News Washington Post 7 on your side
