Are schools insured for kids stuff being stolen off premises....

[Ceej]

Surprised to hear he had to come home without any clothes - very, very poor show on the part of the school AND the pool - surely they must have shedloads of clothes they could have lent him?

I work in a school, and there is no insurance for children's stuff - even the staff's possessions aren't covered - almost doubles the premium, and there's nothing to stop kids 'losing' their stuff (even imaginary stuff!), though this obviously isn't the case here.

I'm surprised the children were allowed to leave until his belongings were found - presumably the children were supervised? There can only be a few places it could have been stashed.

A strongly worded letter to the Chair of Governors might be an idea - as much for the bullying aspect as the theft. Certainly my school would pay up, as much because we'd be so sorry that the poor little lad had had such a horrible experience.

(Except to say it would have been different in my school - we'd have gone down or found clothes and the kids would be sitting their now if someone had'nt fessed up.)

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

If the only people using the pool at that time (aside from pool staff, I assume) were classes from your son's school, then I'd say call the police and report it as theft.

And write a strongly worded letter to the local education authority about bullying not being taken seriously at the school.

Terrible thing for a child to go through and with lack of support from teachers. Fancy letting him sit there shivering! Again, lost property/spare kit. Or for god's sake didn't even one of the teachers have a spare cardigan or jumper or anorak to lend him instead of sending him home in a sheet of tinfoil? What kind of uncaring and unsympathetic individuals are they? Shame on them.

(((Madzone's son)))

 

[madzone]

I'll speak to them tomorrow and say I'm going to take it further.

Apparently they place was searched as much as they could and the pool staff have also checked bins and stuff. It's a total mystery as to where it could have gone

He seems to have got over it but he was very subdued on Friday - I heard him talking to his brother and telling him how embarrasing it was

 

[scifisam]

Poor kid. I bet the kid who did it will boast about it at some point, though.

 

[Dhimmi]

The school has a duty of care, they've failed in that duty, request their insurance details to make a claim. They know they failed and how you can claim as a result which is why they went quiet when you mentioned it.

 

[wiskey]

^^^ this - their duty of care means they should not have sent him back in a space blanket, they should not have left him in reception and they should have kept his possessions safe, I mean these are clothes, not a mobile phone or some other pointless tat he shouldn't have had in the first place. Clothes are fundamental and they do not just vanish.

 

[Pip]

I haven't really got anything to say, just give your son a big hug for me.

What little bastards

 

[_angel_]

^^^ this - their duty of care means they should not have sent him back in a space blanket, they should not have left him in reception and they should have kept his possessions safe, I mean these are clothes, not a mobile phone or some other pointless tat he shouldn't have had in the first place. Clothes are fundamental and they do not just vanish.

Really, it's not about the stealing of clothes, more the way the school acted after this happened. Making him sit in a public place without any clothes on. Horrible. Poor lad.

 

[madzone]

There's a message on the ansaphone from the school saying some stuff has been found at the pool that sounds like it may be his. They don't know where it was found yet but someone from the school is going up there this evening.

So, it's back to the issue of the bullying.....

He'll be well chuffed if they've found his glasses

 

[geminisnake]

Really, it's not about the stealing of clothes, more the way the school acted after this happened. Making him sit in a public place without any clothes on. Horrible. Poor lad.

That was the bit that struck me as AWFUL. What a shower of shites. I find it very hard to believe they don't even have a real blanket on the premises and a room where he could have sat more privately


(((Madz and young madz)))

 

[Treacle Toes]

So, it's back to the issue of the bullying.....

Is there history of this Madz, other incidents etc?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

That was the bit that struck me as AWFUL. What a shower of shites. I find it very hard to believe they don't even have a real blanket on the premises and a room where he could have sat more privately


(((Madz and young madz)))

Totally agree. The issue has to be taken seriously and dealt with as a matter of priority.

 

[pogofish]

Any news on how this is going?

Just read that amongst other things, a parent here was awarded £1430 after their kid's stuff lost at a swimming lesson - the element for the clothing itself was around £30 but the element for having to put up with - "Poor security arrangements” was much higher.

 

[madzone]

The stuff got given back but the school have gone really quiet on it, claiming that none of the kids would lie about moving his stuff. I've left it a bit late to go to the police but next parents evening I'm going to bring it up again. Incidentally, both the mothers of the kids I htink were involved have been really sheepish around me so maybe the school have spoken to them.

 

[pogofish]

Maybe you should get something in about the security side then? Seems that has quite some bearing?

 

[Limejuice]

If this had happened to my son, I would certainly let the governors know about the incident. The staff at the school failed a test.

The theft and bullying aspect is sad, but worse is the bit about having to sit shivering and embarrassed because none of the staff had the gumption to raid the lost property box.