Isle of Wight school installs locked gates over toilets

11 comments

1. Having to wait for a key seems pretty ableist to me.

2. Such a ragebait article, they literally include a quote from the headteacher saying they aren’t stopping kids from going to the toilet, they’ll still let them in, but they are trying to curb vandalism and kids just sitting in there vaping

3. Put a bunch of nutters in charge for long enough and nutty becomes the new normal.

4. It shouldn’t ever be legal to make it difficult to use a toilet.

5. School administration seems to be where all the control freak weirdo pests end up. Imagine not letting kids go for a wee during lessons. Supposedly it’s “disruptive”.

   Not as disruptive as having to clean up the wee when they piss themselves, or the life-long damage to the psyche that causes, or as disruptive as the bladder control issues and UTIs holding it in can cause.

   And for all you peons talking about how your boss doesn’t let you go for a piss at work, get a job somewhere that respects you.

6. It’s a shit situation, but many schools spend THOUSANDS out of their budgets to correct vandalism in the toilets. Beyond money, the toilets then no longer feel safe to use by the 98% of students who aren’t acting like criminals.

   I’d put money on these toilets being open during social time and locked during lessons because the doors can be manned and monitored over these windows. Maximum 2 hour wait for the toilet to be freely accessible, so having to jump through some hoops if you want to go between those windows is not unreasonable.

   But I’m a teacher who sees the degree of damage and budgetary strain that comes from having an unmonitored room accessible to only teenagers… So maybe I’m biased.

7. This is neither new or out of the ordinary. Schools are paying thousands in repairs due to vandalism in toilets, as well as having students feeling unsafe in toilet spaces.

8. There is a special place in hell for people who did this lol

9. What if you are in dire need of a dump then do you do it in the trash bin in class? Who comes up with these insane ideas???

10. I remember my junior and high school in the 80’s and 90’s, toilets were a bad area to be around, was always kids dealing drugs and other stuffs, gangs used to hang around the entrances, was rough going.

    So I’m amazed it’s taken this long for schools to implement these measures.

11. For any students at this school I’ll tell you this from my days at school. Once had a teacher that would refuse anyone to go to the toilet during the lesson. Soon enough I was such a student. All you have to do is simple explain to them the options. 1; you can let me relieve myself in the toilet. 2; I will drop my pants here and now and piss where I want, because I certainly won’t be wetting my pants. If they don’t allow you to go to the bathroom, start to pull your pants down and they quickly let you. And if they don’t they now have to explain to the headteacher and janitor why class had to be stopped to clean up pee.

    This method also helps if you have a mother that has your back on these types of events and would flip out upon the discovery that you had to pee on the floor or wet yourself. Oh and you get bonus points if you need a shit.

    Going to the bathroom is a human right, don’t allow them to infringe that right by not allowing you to go or by locking the doors. Don’t seek permission to go, just state your intent to go. It’s up to them if that’s in a toilet or on the floor.