School has binned my daughters belongings

bright_side

It was the norm at my sons junior school to throw away anything left at the end of school year. Personally I would've dropped a letter into school or left a message on their answerphone. But can I just say £35 for trainers for PE :eek:

sarahs999

I must admit I did wonder if someone had nicked it. But for the school to bin it is just silly and jobsworth and bloody-minded. Common sense! The child is coming back in just six weeks!

White_Raven

karen23 wrote: »

But can I just say £35 for trainers for PE :eek:

Not quite They were a gift, her only pair of suitable PE type pumps so had to be used.

peachyprice

Surfbabe wrote: »

Very unlikely that the school was closed - the caretaker is usually around for at least some of the time and even in the small school i work in - the school was open every single day, either with workman, staff, caretaker and at least one day a week with me and the office manager.

Your school is certainly the exception rather than the rule. All primary schools in my area are completely closed except for the first and last 2-3 days of the holidays.

Even if workmen are on the premises the cannot be expected to be resonsible for parents wandering around the school.

OP I can undertstand the luncbox and would have been grateful for them throwing that away, but the PE kit is outrageous. My DD left her cardie on the last day because my cousin picked her up and didn't realise she had it with her, her teacher gave it back to her on the first day of term. To say they have no space to store anything left behind is just a cop out IMO, a PE kit takes up no room and could have just sat on the table until you came back, it's not like it eats anything or will go off.

Hardup_Hester

I work at a school & we also throw away all items left behind if it is unamed, we had 600 PE kits left at school last year.

Liney_2

I do think its a poor show if items are not returned if they are labelled with the childs name.

What is the point of a lost property bin if items don't even get put in it?

My son has a peg with his name on too. He has only been at school 2 days and I have found things are in the wrong place but they are labelled with his name so I stand a chance of getting them back.

I have spent the last few days sewing on name tags (groan) and writing my sons name on all his property. I accept as inevitable that he will stand to lose some things at some point but if it was a whole kit bag and I knew where it was left and it was clearly labelled yes I would be peeved!

red_devil

How do the school reimburse you? Where do they get the money from!

They arent going to pay put it down to experience. I dont think you will see the items again!

red_devil

school to be told "we tell everyone here that anything left is thrown away"

They have covered themselves by saying that! You wont have a case.

Katie-Kat-Kins

I think throwing lost property away is a disgrace full stop. If it is to be disposed of it should either be donated to charity or sold as second hand at a school uniform sale/school jumble sale. However if it is clearly labelled it isn't really unclaimed lost property is it???

If labelled it should really be retained until next term and then returned to the child. It isn't the school's property to dispose of and no opportunities have been offered to reclaim the item and no attempts have been made to return it.

Personally by saying they have thrown it away the school have put themselves in a position where they have admitted disposing of property that didn't belong to them without permission. If it had been lost over the summer holidays then it would be acceptable for them to say they can't be responsible for the safety of items left over summer, but not to bin labelled items.

sarahs999

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

I work at a school & we also throw away all items left behind if it is unamed, we had 600 PE kits left at school last year.

Are you serious? So your school threw away 600 perfectly good PE kits?