School has binned my daughters belongings

BeenieCat

It's not the same thing. The schools are "closed" for 6 weeks, so i can understand why people might think it's ok to nip into reception at the start of term and get it.

SugarSpun

BeenieCat wrote: »

It's not the same thing. The schools are "closed" for 6 weeks, so i can understand why people might think it's ok to nip into reception at the start of term and get it.

I could see it if the school didn't specifically say you can't.

adouglasmhor

Surfbabe wrote: »

We do not have a lost property bin - if an item is not collected within 24 hours it goes - we don;t have enough room to hoard all those items that children can;tbe bothered to look after.

As regards PE bags etc................. well if they aren't taken home then they are thrown as well ................... parents and children are given enough opportunities in the last few days of term to make sure they have everything and children are constantly reminded to make sure they take everything home.

Not sure how old OP duaghter is but if in infants then teacher and TA's make sure all pegs are cleared. If in Juniors they remind them and remind them and if Year 5 or 6 they have to learn pretty quickly when they get to secondary school.

Sometimes you just have to accept that these things happen and that your offspring are the ones at fault

I think a charge of theft would be enough to stop you working in education. You have room for this stuff all the rest of the time but the school suddenly shrinks when it's closed.


Theft by finding.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=1009191

barnaby-bear

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I think a charge of theft would be enough to stop you working in education. You have room for this stuff all the rest of the time but the school suddenly shrinks when it's closed.


Theft by finding.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=1009191

The school doesn't shrink but teachers move class room, annual cleaning, decoration and maintenance gets done.

It's perfectly legal to dispose of abandonned property. If you move out of a flat and leave stuff behind the LL is entitled to charge you for the costs and disposal of property left behind.

A wallet is clearly valuable and lost - second hand pumps and pants have negligible value and could be considered rubbish. The majority of stuff left behind is abandonned and never collected.

rsdiscos

I am a teacher and am constantly amazed at how much stuff is not labelled. It can waste at least 5 mins at the end of the day finding owners of jumpers - however sometimes children canrecognise them from the remains of their lunch on the front. :rolleyes:I had a parent once ask me where her sons jumper was. I asked her if it had his name in it - she said no but that she had cut the label in a pattern so she would know if it was his!:eek: She couldn't understand how no one else would know who's it was!:rotfl:

mcmanlyn

I think maybe they should have held onto them at least for the first week of term for any takers - then bin/charity shop it. But yes in future I would either ensure that your child knows what to bring home or go & see if the school is open for you to collect it at a later date.

Limey wrote: »

Teachers CBA with the education of our kids so I guess it's a bit much to ask for them to look out for a few personal belongings.

I can't believe that this statement has gone practically unnoticed here....

That is a stupid sweeping generalisation! I know plenty of friends who are teachers and they do care about their pupils education a hell of a lot! I would hardly say that spending hours in the evening & on weekends means that they CBA :mad: Sure there are some bad eggs - but please don't tar everyone with the same brush based on your experience with a few!

*sorry i'll get off my soapbox & go back to work now...*

BeenieCat

mcmanlyn i think everyone noticed it, just chose not to feed it

imfedup

I apologise if I offend - but could you honestly expect the school to keep a lunch box for 6 weeks whether labled or not! How do you know your daughter ate all the contents. I wouldnt keep a lunch box uncleaned for 6 weeks let alone expect a school to.

With regards to the PE kit, you have to accept that its gone, although the trainers were a gift and £35 as opposed to £2 black PE pumps that most of the children have you will have to put this down to experience.

Who do you think is going to pay your compensation - the school? They will just re-coup the money from the parents in some way, so you will end up paying it back anyway.

In my childrens school, the lost property was put on a table outside the class room for 2 weeks before term ended at the end of every day for the parents to look through while they were waiting for their children to come out of school, the teacher actually came out on the last day and threw a load more on top and said - if its yours take it, if its not and you know whos it is take it, if you want it and it has no name in it just take it! There was also a big notice up that says all property left after 3.30 on that day would be disposed of (although they never said how).

I think its totally unacceptable that the school should be held responsible. If my children had come home that day without their lunch box and pe kit I would have phoned the school straight away and asked when I could collect it. Even if the school was not open for 6 weeks, the office would have still be open till about 5.00pm that day.

Again I am sorry to offend, this is just my personal opinion.

bestpud

danielanthony wrote: »

If you left your wallet or bag on a train, is it reasonable to the train company to then throw your belongings in the bin?

After a time, yes,

More so if they notified customers it would be happening!

Katie-Kat-Kins

Again people are missing the salient facts. This isn't something "lost" or left at school for ages, it is PE kit that she needed in school until the end of term and she forgot it on her peg.

It wasn't left somewhere random and she wasn't given any opportunities after that day she forgot it to collect it or reclaim it.

The lunch box fair enough, but LABELLED PE kit, left in the correct storage place, what harm in saving it until the end of the first week of the new term in case it was collected especially as it had proper trainers rather than just pumps in it.

If she'd been sick on the last day of term it would have been left there too.

It is an overly harsh policy.