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In early April, NPR Illinois outlined the dehumanizing disciplinary practices at the Noble Network of Charter Schools. Teachers and students subsequently reported other practices, including strictly limited bathroom visits.
We have [bathroom] escorts, and they rarely come so we end up walking out [of class] and that gets us in trouble, an anonymous student texted to an NPR reporter. But who wants to walk around knowing theres blood on them? It can still stain the seats. They just need to be more understanding.
Feminine hygiene products can leak if they arent changed every few hours. Tampons that arent changed regularly can cause toxic shock syndrome, a life-threatening type of bacterial infection.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charter-school-bathroom-policy-periods_us_5ae7a19be4b04aa23f26463c
This is insane.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Luciferous
(6,078 posts)they have to take a bathroom pass they get silent lunch. I also remember a kid peeling his pants in my 7th grade class because the teacher refused to let him go to the bathroom... not everything is about race!
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I peed all over the floor in 1st grade because my teacher would not let me go to the bathroom (after asking about 5 times). Then she proceeded to humiliate me (as if I wasn't already humiliated) in front of the class.
airmid
(500 posts)humiliating and I was ridiculed for a very long time after. I begin to think that there are more people than I ever imagined who delight in the pain of others.
CurtEastPoint
(18,641 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Apparently a lot of issues at these schools:
http://nprillinois.org/post/feedback-noble-charter-schools-story-hit-nerve#stream/0
Initech
(100,068 posts)All the school administrators are most likely going to spend serious time in prison. The school no longer exists, the students and parents got screwed big time.
But you know the scary thing? They won't learn a damn thing. The parents and teachers will keep voting for these reckless policies because they only watch Fox News and vote based on what their church tells them. So the chances of this happening again are very high.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)... exactly when their period is going to start! They HAVE to be able to leave when it does. No women at the decision making level????
Or when they might start experiencing a heavier flow.
lostnfound
(16,177 posts)I know someone with a chronic bladder condition has to be near a bathroom all the time. I knew a girl in high school whose life was saved by a colostomy. People occasional get UTIs or reactions to medicines.
Our society has always been inhumane, now the inhumanity is spreading into smallest nooks and crannies.
Women in prison are rationed hygiene products and run out. You cant really be careful with them or conserve them... the body has a mind of its own.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)They seem to have some serious reasons to be concerned.
http://nprillinois.org/post/feedback-noble-charter-schools-story-hit-nerve#stream/0
tblue37
(65,340 posts)through sheer will power, but it is never comfortable.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Unconscionable.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)during their periods.
mcar
(42,307 posts)In orientation, they were adamant that if a student asks for a restroom pass, you give it to him/ her, no question. It isn't up to us to determine if there's a legit need.