How many bathroom breaks are felons allowed in a minimum-security prison?
I’m guessing it’s more than once every five hours.
Compare that to Evergreen Park High School in Illinois. According to students there, they are being treated worse than criminals when it comes to using the restroom.
Currently, the school has a policy which allows teachers to limit students to three bathroom breaks per semester.
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That’s roughly five months.
What’s more, students who go above the limit are required to stay after school to make up missed class time.
The school’s principal says he instituted the policy following numerous complaints from teachers who couldn’t keep kids in the classroom. According to educators, teens were abusing bathroom breaks and weren’t being held accountable for their actions.
So now all the students are forced to “hold it” when nature calls, and that has some parents peeved.
One mom told ABC News that her 15-year-old daughter has a history of urinary tract infections and the school’s policy only exacerbates the condition. What’s more, according to the concerned mother, the school makes no exceptions to their potty break crackdown.
As it stands now, students are able to use the restroom during their lunch period, and if they are fast enough, they can relieve themselves during the 5-minute passing between classes.
Personally, I have a problem with having the entire student body suffer because a relatively small group of kids decided to take unnecessary bathroom breaks. The students who are legitimately responding to a natural bodily function are forced to strategize so they don’t use up their allotted passes… or wet themselves while waiting for lunch.
What do you make of Evergreen Park High School’s bathroom break policy? Do you think it is a bit much or is it appropriate given the age of the students and the motivation of the school staff?
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