Posted on 02/11/2023 9:37:17 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
A teacher says she received $116 after a parent picked up their child from her class late.
The teacher, known as Kristin Evans (@mrs._evans) on TikTok, posted a 30-second video explaining what happened, and it racked up 3.5 million views as of Friday.
In the video, Evans says the director of her school handed her $116 in cash. She says the director told her she got the money because one of her half-day students was picked up nearly an hour late, and teachers get paid $2 for every minute that they’re late.
“So this parent was charged $2 a minute for being late, and it goes directly to my pocket,” Evans says in the video.
In the video’s caption, Evans adds, “This is a first and it feels weird. During my 10+ years in public education, I regularly waited 20-30 mins after school with students waiting for parent pick up. #publiceducation This late pick up policy is in my new school’s admission agreement. #privateschool This also is not the first or second or third time they’ve been 20+ mins late without notice or communication but this was the first time they were charged the late pick up fee.”
Several viewers applauded the school’s apparently new policy.
“As a former educator…HECK YEAH!!!!” one viewer commented.
“That’s awesome you actually get it! I feel like some schools would keep it,” a second viewer commented.
A third wrote, “That’s awesome!! All teachers should get paid extra like that.”
Some viewers didn’t agree, saying $2 a minute is an unfair expense to put on parents running late.
“I’m torn on this. $2 per minute seems excessive and things without our control happen. But the money actually went to you which is good,” one user wrote.
Another user said, “yeah I couldn’t morally keep that money I’d have to return it to the parents.”
Someone else commented, “Imagine that mom like freaking out rushing to get there high anxiety and then you get there and it’s like fork over $116 not a good day for that mom.”
However, some users said parents should be expected to prioritize their children and plan accordingly.
“Everyone saying it’s wrong to charge are the exact people who would be showing up late. I used to be a teacher & had the same parents late every day,” one viewer commented.
Another said, “Ok but the amount of parents that don’t see there child comes above there Job and they need to have a backup is astonishing.”
The Daily Dot reached out to the creator via TikTok comment.
What the hell happened to all the taxpayer supported buses? And why aren’t these kids riding the freaking buses that the taxpayers are funding?
If I had kids I would never let them ride on a bus, not in this day and age.
There are a few of these private/charter schools near me. Twice per day, for an hour at a time, the roads are completely clogged in all directions with parents cars, dropping off and picking up kids.
School busses constantly stopping traffic to drop off and pick up kids is one thing but this is worse.
Whoever came up with this idea needs to be put in charge of the ‘homeless’ issue...
Some would home school. But the tax dollars are still supporting school busses.
We bus around my area, but every morning and every afternoon there’s a traffic jam over by the dozen schools we have in the area and that’s ridiculous.
Exactly, the default masculine gender pronoun is just to upsetting to snowflakes, I guess.
It sounds like this was a private school though.
When I was in 5th grade, we had moved within the school district but outside the elementary school district.
My parents had sold their house and we rented for a few years.
There were 4 elementary schools but 1 middle school and 1 high school.
I was allowed though to complete 5th grade at my original elementary school. The following year I’d be going to middle school so it wouldn’t matter then.
These were the days before cell phones, and the principal had said he would not be lending any dimes to kids so they could call their parents.
Cub Scouts was cancelled - the other kids in the den told me so. The den leader might have said as much at the previous meeting, but I forgot.
So I decided to walk home. It would have been well over an hour walk if I had done it, although I didn’t realize that at the time.
On the way, I came across one of my sister’s friends (already in middle school) and asked if I could use her phone. She said yes and I called my mom.
I’m not sure but I think my mom must have had some words with the principal because shortly after that he walked back his comments about not loaning dimes to the kids.
The parents should be fined for not taking their kid out of public school.
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