Poopy principal 'pologizes
Categories: Kids 8-11, Weird but true, Education
What's an elementary school principal to do when he's got a problem with students spreading feces on the floor and toilets in the girls' bathroom? Well, he send a note home to parents asking them to talk to their children about the problem, he could cancel all activities until it stops, or, as Peyton Elementary Principal Michael Auclaire of Colorado Springs, Colorado did, have the kids look inside a bag full of human feces and urine.Okay, so I'm not sure what that was supposed to accomplish. Whatever kid (or kids) was vandalizing the bathroom already knew what it looked like and the rest didn't need to see it, but I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. Now, not so much. Auclaire has apologized for the incident and says he realizes it was "not the best thing to do."
According to Auclaire, the students wore janitorial gloves when holding the bag and were told to wash their hands afterward. Still, it was probably not the best exercise. Sounds to me like someone might need a little time off.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rebecca Biernesser 9-11-2008 @ 5:53PM
LOL...well seeing as the kids were actually smearing the stuff on the walls and other areas, do you really thing looking at would be a problem for them?
He don't need to say he's sorry...he's needs a lesson in creative punishments...
And the parents of that school need to teach their sweet little innocent children better manners...
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ame s 9-11-2008 @ 6:41PM
Ha! I would have been irked if he'd showed it to my kids.
Honestly, I'm sure the teachers probably have a good idea who would do that sort of thing and who wouldn't. Sounds like they need to monitor the bathrooms for awhile. Ew!
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hall monitor 9-11-2008 @ 11:58PM
Nothing makes me feel better about our school system when responsible leaders make such careless, idiotic choices. It sets a great example doesn't it?
Hall Monitor
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Homeschooler 9-12-2008 @ 7:37AM
How filthy! He could have been spreading disease around since human feces normally contain millions of E. coli and other bacteria, and children do not observe "sterile technique" when handlind contaminated material and removing possibly soiled gloves.
Children smearing feces were presumably smearing their own. It is reprehensible for an adult who should know better than a child to force children to look at and handle someone else's feces, even if in a bag.
Did the principal contribute the specimen? The Health Dept. should investigate!!!
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Jan Bay 9-12-2008 @ 8:38AM
The man more than likely was desperate and made a knee jerk decision. As the other poster pointed out, why should a viewing of waste matter at a distance have any effect when the culprits had clearly shown no aversion to getting up close and personal? While it's all I can do to control my gag response just from reading about it; evidently these kids considered fecal matter the next best thing to playdoh.
Maybe the principal should have the kids of the school be responsible for cleaning the facilities for a while. They would be more than likely to rat out their peers if they were the ones to have to clean the mess up. Oh yeah, lots of parents would probably line up to protest if their kids were required to work for no pay.
I hope they catch the kids who did this and that they get the help that they so obviously need.
Jan from http://www.unique-baby-gear-ideas.com/
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pamela 9-12-2008 @ 5:33PM
oh hell no!! if someone did that to my kid, i would have made sure that "teacher" was wearing that when my kid told me about it, that was a diseased filled bag, not pee and poo! you have got to be kidding me, he should have gotten jail time for child endangerment!
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HOMESCHOOLER ALSO 9-13-2008 @ 4:45AM
Yeah, I have to agree with the other Homeschooler! I would not have taken it lightly! Just another reason to homeschool my children! I can't believe that a grown man put in charge of young children would think that something like that is okay. It is considered abuse in my eyes. And another thing.......where did he find the "pee and poo" to put in the bag? Sounds like the children smearing the bathroom floors are not the only problem they've got. I only hope that the children and their families will be able to forgive someone who obviously has more problems than his students. At least they can say "hey we were kids" later on down the road. What's this guy gonna say"Uh I couldn't think of any other way to fix the problem". Please this guy needs to work as a janitor not a principal!
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