Accident at school

jimexbox

melorablack wrote: »

The OP was 20 minutes away. So asking "what if she was an hour away?" does not help the OP at all because she wasn't.

She want's experiences and opinions. Not completely different scenarios that are of no help to the original question.

And if she was an hour away the school may have done things differently, but she wasn't so they didn't.

Last time I look this was a discussion forum. I simply asked what is the schools policy if a parent is not able to reach the school in a reasonable time frame. This for some inexplicable reason you find unreasonable. Strange, its a perfectly valid question to ask your school.

If you dont like a question of mine in future can I suggest you ignore it, thanks.

melorablack

jimexbox wrote: »

Last time I look this was a discussion forum. I simply asked what is the schools policy if a parent is not able to reach the school in a reasonable time frame. This for some inexplicable reason you find unreasonable. Strange, its a perfectly valid question to ask your school.

If you dont like a question of mine in future can I suggest you ignore it in future, thanks.

I could say the same to you if you ask a question and don't like my answer!

whitewing

I think as a working mum with a youngster who has been hurt, I would be feeling a bit wobbly myself.

I think OP just wanted to talk things through with some compassionate people. I don't think she necessarily wanted everyone to agree with her opinions.

OP has a meeting with school on Monday that the school instigated, and she just wanted to prepare herself for that meeting. Her son has had an operation and is recovering at home. I think there is room for a little more sympathy on the thread.

melorablack

whitewing wrote: »

OP has a meeting with school on Monday that the school instigated, and she just wanted to prepare herself for that meeting.

She hasn't said the school instigated it.

jimexbox

melorablack wrote: »

I could say the same to you if you ask a question and don't like my answer!

:rotfl:

Only I don't answer questions in a arrogant manner. Take a chill pill.

jpmummy

melorablack wrote: »

She hasn't said the school instigated it.

i did in a later post...

Mutter_2

jimexbox wrote: »

What would the school of done if a parent was an hour away or longer? There is no 'rule' that the next-of-kin must be within a certain distance from school premises. I hope the would of called an ambulance. Lets face it, the ambulance service spend a lot of time and money picking drunks up on a Friday night, a 5yrs old in distress with a possible serious injury is hardly going to annoy them is it?

When I was in A&E recently, a recovering drunk was waiting for an ambulance to take him home!!

Why can't a teacher take a child to hospital in their car?
Both times my daughter was injured at school Matron took her and informed me. Had she waited for me to arrive it would have taken me at least an hour to get there.

OP, a lot depends on circumstances. My daughter fell down steps, hurt her wrist and then sat an exam. It was the teacher who noticed her about to faint and when wrist was x-rayed was found to be broken. Things are not always obvious. If they took a child to hospital every time one had bump, they'd never have time to teach.

Try to go to the meeting with an open mind as between health and safety and the compensation culture, teachers are damned whether they do or don't.

What I did have was an insurance plan though the school for serious injuries.
Hope your little one makes a good recovery.

Mutter_2

This thread takes the award for the most number of grumpy people ever.

melorablack

jpmummy wrote: »

i did in a later post...

Ah ... found it sorry about that!

Now that puts a whole new slant on it....as thay have instigated it they probably want to know if you are going to sue them for you little boy falling off the play equipment. :rolleyes:

I do apologise because the impression I got was that you were complaining about their treatment of your son, my mistake sorry

It's probably something they always have to do when there is an accident like this now.

emlou2009

why on earth are people arguing over this? the OP's child broke an arm at school and the school decided to arrange a meeting to discuss it so the OP thought she would relay the story to see if there was anything wrong with the procedure followed, it doesnt sound like there was, surely that should be the end of...?