This was just posted on our school forum by one of the art teachers: Someone peed on my classroom door during the passing period. How do I clean this up? (I teach in a high school.)
That is disgusting.... (first thought I had anyways) I would be calling the janitor asap. (and fuming that a student could be that immature)
Ewwwwww. I would also call the janitor. They would have something to clean it up and get the smell off.
Yuck. I agree with call the custodial staff. I'm sure they have just the right product to clean it up and get rid of the smell.
Does the teacher know who did it? I'm sure there are kids who know. Get the student to clean it up with a solution of bleach and water. I once had a janitor tell me that he did NOT clean up vomit.
I had a parent of a Kindergartner get mad because we made him clean up his mess where he had done his business intentionally on the floor. She did not feel it was appropriate exposing her Kindergartner to harsh chemicals. Luckily the AP had thought beforehand and only allowed him to use water on his sponge and put cleaning gloves on him. I would hesitated on allowing a child to use a solution of bleach and water given the fact that bleach is a strong chemical technically not "allowed" in districts in my area. But, I would definitely make certain that the child (if I knew who did it) cleaned up their mess with something (like plain water) just to let them know that they have to be responsible for their actions. I once had a janitor who's best asset was seeing how fast she could vaccumm and dump the trash so she could stand around and gossip with everyone. Talk about a nasty school!
I'm not sure which is more disturbing-- the incident or that the adult in charge wasn't sure how to clean it up.
Yikes. What a disturbing event. I'm sensitive so I would've taken it personally, but in any event I would've called the janitor down immediately. I thought only us elementary folk had to deal with bodily fluids like pee and poo, guess not.hmy:
Yick. Elementary teachers know to call the janitor, although in elementary it's called an accident when it happens, not blatant disrespect.
lol not always. we've had kids smear poo on the walls in the bathroom. So the janitor went class to class, and said..if it doesn't stop, he'll take the doors off the stalls! lol
I once had TWO students pee on the school building (during recess). Their excuse was that they didn't have enough time to ask me if they could go inside to use the bathroom. That was an interesting referral to write up! :lol:
When my son was in pre school we did a lot of camping and as you can guess where we "Men" would go to the bathroom --anywhere Well once I got a call from the preschool, my son and a partner in crime had gone to the bushes and relieved themselves. The director was all a titer, how could two 4-year olds could do it. I talked to my son and it was just they had to go. I explained the camping thing. AND they are 4-year olds, they do that! She wanted me to punish my son not just talk to him... My laughing (not in front of my son) was not received well by the director ....we left that preschool
OSHA & the Health Dept. have a specific procedure to clean up bodily fluids. SO it may not be such a dumb request.
Several years ago now, a group of boys at the school where I taught were caught urinating in the soap dispensers in the boys bathroom. These were 4th graders. They were standing on the sinks. Gross! Let me tell you, they got in a lot of trouble with the principal and had to go in and clean the bathroom themselves while supervised.
Gross!!! At my high school we had "kids" rip the urinals off the wall, pee and poop on the floors/ walls/ and doors. So, the P's(admin) took the doors off the stall and locked all the bathrooms, but two in the WHOLE school. So, there were lines of students during the passing period to go to the bathroom and they had a resource officer sit in the hall between the two bathrooms. Why didn't the school just purchase port-o-poops and put them in the back of the school? -- MC Future Middle school Teacher!
That's true; I didn't even think of the possiblity of disease. I was looking at it from the mom's point of view.You know, you clean it, disinfect it, and get on with your day. But of course you're right.
I fixed your post it was sexist :lol: I thought the same thing till I remembered all the inservice we had on bodily fluids
This happened quite often in the school where I student taught (it was a primary school, grades K-3). It got so bad that we weren't allowed to send students to the bathroom by themselves.
Nah, if I were speaking of ALL cases, then it would be sexist. But I was speaking of my own point of view. I'm not the generic "parent" I'm the mommy and my husband is the daddy-- his point of view would be the daddy's. And he's done his share of the 'body fluid" detail over the years. What a bizarre topic of discussion.
Do your schools have first responders? I had the honor of being a first responder, but the only thing I saw was I got special training on cleaning up bodily fluids.
Boy, do I feel lucky. I teach 3-year olds and we don't have the problems many of you seem to have. Maybe because they were potty trained within the past year, they love to use the bathroom properly, and usually leave the door open for all to see.
Now that's funny! :lol: By the way, I forgot to mention the look on on the AP's face when she first found out about my two boys (who were in 4th grade) relieving themselves outside during recess. Priceless!
