Teacher Union Wants Potty Training Policy For New York School District – IOTW Report

Teacher Union Wants Potty Training Policy For New York School District

DC: A Buffalo, New York, teacher union wants a potty training policy for Buffalo Public Schools (BPS), saying teacher aides are often changing diapers instead of remaining in class.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore surveyed teachers a few weeks ago where there were complaints about potty training issues with 3- and 4-year-old children, WIVB reported Tuesday.

Changing diapers often becomes a teacher aide’s responsibility, according to WIVB. The Buffalo Education Support Team, the union representing the teacher aides, said changing diapers was not part of the contract.

Rumore told The Daily Caller News Foundation over the phone he wants a policy where one or two people from each school would take care of the children who soil themselves. Volunteers cannot be teachers as they are not permitted to leave class.

“This volunteer will have a room where they can go to take the child and to work with the child and also the parents,” Rumore said to TheDCNF.

Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students cannot be denied public schooling even if they are not toilet trained, according to the New York State Education Department. School districts can work with children and parents struggling with being potty trained.  more here

12 Comments on Teacher Union Wants Potty Training Policy For New York School District

  1. Potty training has long been a goal for NY’s high school seniors. By graduation time this years classes are expecting a 30% success rate and the superintendent has received widespread praise.

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  2. Get rid of disposable diapers. Too damn convenient. When people start dealing with cloth diapers and the aftermath of their successful use, they will have incentive to hurry them along on a path to potty training.

  3. I can hear it now, Aleon – Isn’t my kid good enough to be assaulted by a teacher? I can’t face my friends at the country club whose kids were assaulted by a real, paid, teacher!”

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