As the husband of a 2nd grade teacher and the father of a 2nd grader, I can see how this occurred.
The education groups running education have gotten away from traditional learning procedures and are forcing teachers to start using “education centers” in the classroom.
The “education centers” are small groups of kids sent to the various 5-6 places and nooks and crannies all across the classroom. The teachers have been forced to create spaces where these groups are to sit and meet. That means that some “center groups” are located in an area that is not visible to the teacher.
The teachers can only be in one “center group” at a time and do not see what is going on in the hidden areas of the classroom. The liberal educators say that the children teach one another and do not need the teacher in these “center groups”.
My wife hates these groups, as the kids play and can not be properly supervised in this set up. Teachers have no choice but to follow the orders of the district bosses and use these groups. They are a license to play, as we are seeing.
That may well be the case of why he didn’t see it the first time. But don;t you think that in these groups one of the kids would have said something?
Where did they get the idea for it to begin with?
Having 2nd graders out of your site for any amount of time is unacceptable. If they want to split them in groups, fine, but why have them in groups that can not be visible from any view point in an unobstructed manner?
Any parent knows that ANYTHING can happen in seconds. That is why most conscientious parents have these massive bags under their eyes until the kid is out of the house and on their own. Hell I am carrying around louis vuitton steamer trunks under my eyes!