School has binned my daughters belongings

lolababy

Its out of order for a school to dispose of childrens property.I bet if it was a teachers handbag that was left behind they would not bin it.

summerday

KatP wrote: »

But if they are collecting them up to charity shop them, why not collect them up and wait until after the first week of term to see if they are collected?

Or charity shop the unlabelled items and save the labelled ones for a week or two into the new term.

These items don't belong to the school to dispose of and many families will hand school clothes and pe kit down to a younger brother or sister.

You wouldn't believe the amount of stuff that kids leave in cloakrooms etc at the end of any term, not just PE kits but other school stuff. No matter how many times you tell them to take it all home, or hold it up for them to recognise. I had 3 large boxes of left stuff from my class at the end of last term. The vast majority of it has fallen/been taken off pegs and was on the floor. Even when it's put in lost property at the start of next term, you'd be surprised how few parents come to check for stuff.

The best thing you can do in future is to just remember to check your child has all their own belongings on last day of term and if needs be go into the classroom or cloakrooms to check- no teacher would mind, it's less work that have to shove it all into boxes themselves during the hiolidays or try to sort it out. Remember also that a lot of teachers have to move classrooms over summer so have to get the classroom cleared for the next teacher.

Hardup_Hester

Sarah, no, we threw away 600 pieces of PE bags with 'stuff' in, odd socks, odd trainers, torn shirts etc, none of it was named.

Janepig

I don't see a problem with the school getting rid (in whatever way) of stuff that isn't labelled, that's just the parents' tough luck for not being sensible enough to label the stuff - but surely the whole point of labelling things is so it can be returned to the rightful owner if the child loses it or accidently leaves it behind (as they are want to do). It wouldn't take much to see that there's a name on it and keep it for the child concerned.

Jxx

shellsuit

NAR wrote: »

Do I need to?

Oh sorry, I just assumed you knew what school the OP's daughter went to as you knew that they would be open through the summer holidays. :cool:



Not all schools are open for some days and not all schools have a caretaker wandering around everyday, but even if they were open or a caretaker was there, they wouldn't, or should I say shouldn't, allow anyone to go onto the premises, or take anything out of the premises.


Like some of the others have said, if it was a random oject or piece of clothing with no name, then fair enough, dispose of it, but the items concerned were clearly labelled with a name, so would it have hurt to have just put them in a cupboad until the start of the new term?

silvercar

I think any sensible teacher, would check all pegs/drawers at the end of term to make sure the children have all their items, before they leave the classroom -

I think any sensible parent would check that their child had brought home any valuable items before the end of term.

BeenieCat

The fact that the shoes were worth £35 is quite irrelevant IMO cos it's just wrong to send such expensive stuff into a school.

My DS has some cheapo £4 tesco trainers for their 'occasional' outdoor PE, and plimsolls costing £1.50 for indoor. lol

barnaby-bear

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

Sarah, no, we threw away 600 pieces of PE bags with 'stuff' in, odd socks, odd trainers, torn shirts etc, none of it was named.

Jeez is the taxpayer really paying people to go through and check whether it's named. What 200-300 items left behind in you average school.... surely the time checking if it's named, then checking if the child is returning next term, storing it up, then whether they bother collecting it..... surely schools can't be wasting time and effort and salaries on stuff that people have left.

BeenieCat

Lol! Why does it always come down to what the taxpayer is paying for?

mrcow

OP - you don't need to replace a £35 pair of trainers.

Just do what everyone else does and buy a £3 pair of plimsoles. The rest of the PE kit you can pick for around a fiver so the whole thing whould be around £10 if you shop smart.

And next time - send your daughter back into the school to get her stuff if she's not got everything.