TOTALLY GEEKED!

Mellow Momma wrote:

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Schools' cleaning services don't deep clean anything other than the bathrooms. Classrooms get swept, hallways get swept, gyms get swept, etc. The cleaning isn't nearly what you would expect because it's been outsourced in most cases and the time spent on the job (labor costs) is the only thing that matters. The health of the kids isn't even a factor. I think it's hysterical that people think that the cleaners who come in at night have time to deep clean the wrestling mats! Lol. The kids' desks don't even get wiped off, why would the cleaners go into the gym and dig out equipment to clean?!

Have you ever taken a Clorox wipe and used it on a desk in a school? I have. The results are disgusting. The wipe was black with dirt and grime.

-- Edited by Mellow Momma on Sunday 9th of August 2015 08:28:25 AM

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 I don't think it is the regular cleaning staff's responsibility.  But the sports department should be making sure they get clean. 

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I didn't know that all schools don't have a nurse present. I learned sometime last year that some schools only have one nurse per DISTRICT.

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 Correct. And when a child hits their head on the playground, the office worker or the parents who volunteer on the playground are the ones who evaluate your child for concussion symptoms - or not. Often they just send them back out to play.  

There are kids who have seizures, who have serious allergies, who take powerful medications etc. Who do you want to administer those or evaluate those children? An office worker or parent who isn't trained or a medical professional? 

DD fell on the playground and got a serious cut on her arm. The parents on playground duty cleaned it and put a few bandaids on it. When she got home it was still bleeding, it turns out she should have had stitches - probably over 20 of them. But because the parents didn't contact us it was too late to give her stitches. I would rather have had a school nurse on site making that decision than a few untrained but well meaning parents. I called the school and asked that the parents who supervise the playground at least take first aid training as it was plain to see DD needed stitches. The school said they don't get enough volunteers to even fill the schedule for the month let alone put more restrictions on who can volunteer.