Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

Lucy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:08:31 GMT

They do this at my school district. They scan your id and you get a sticker to wear. If a parent comes without id and is not recognizable to the staff, the secretary takes out their child's enrollment form and either calls the numbers on the form or ask the parent questions about their child that the parents should know. Though the thing I would recommend is to be involved in your child's school by volunteering, being on PTA, being friendly and greeting the office workers, etc. Then they will not need to card you.

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

maeby — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:29:14 GMT

@maildropdead

i rather take the extra precaution against child molesters AND child-eating-zombies thank you.

They ask for my ID at the gym after i show them my gym card for christs sake! Sure i'll show you my license in order to get my kid! I've got nothing to hide.

People nowadays will use ANYTHING to say their rights are being violated. Maybe these people need to pick up a newspaper and see what is going on with all the children around the globe. Maybe then they'll drop this petty BS and be glad someones looking out for the well-being of their children.

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

Anony — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:45:03 GMT

Yes, but if an adult offender came into a child's classroom because they were a parent, that's not what I'd call "stranger molestation". That's "my friend Joey's dad" and most kids would look at that parent as something more than a stranger. I'd want to prevent that relationship from starting, if I were the school.

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

diera — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:39:17 GMT

You and the previous Strollerderby poster who was waxing indignant about playgrounds being limited to kids only should have a little talk. :-)

If my child's school started demanding a driver's license before I could get in, I wouldn't feel violated, but I'm not sure I'd feel any safer either. Of course most of us would prefer a hassle to having our kids touched by child rapists, but that's not exactly the choice. The kids should be protected in school because they're supervised and the teachers know where *they* are, not because the school tracks the movement of every adult in the building. (A sex offender registry check only tells you about pedophiles who have already been caught, so if you obsess about that kind of thing it's not that great a preventative measure.) If the school is sending kids off to private rooms with strange adults, that's a problem, of course, but what school does that?

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

MailDeadDrop — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:34:55 GMT

Except that stranger molestation is exceedingly rare. Friend/family molestation is much more common (although still thankfully "uncommon"). So *if* the policy of showing ID is designed to prevent stranger molestation, it is yet another case of "security theater". You might just as well say that "showing ID is to prevent the children from being eaten by zombies", except that even today's American sheeple wouldn't put up with that crap.

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

Knitty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:30:33 GMT

Just typical modern US behavior... sue anyone you can for anything you can think of and hope it results in $$$.

re: Parents Sue School for Checking for Sex Offenders

Kris — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:27:40 GMT

What idiots.

Our private daycare/preschool has a fingerprint scanner. No one gets in without scanning in.