Malcolm Ripley

Scotland

Systems Engineer

I would guess (given the sue them for breathing culture in the US) that should a child go missing when at school the parents would hold the school responsible. Which may seem reasonable at first thought, however, how on earth does a handful of staff keep tabs on all the pupils in a school especially the older ones ? Given the reality of the situation parents have to accept that the responsibility for their childrens whereabouts cannot lie with the school unless the school has a method of locating every child all the time. I know of only two systems : tagging and confinement.

So parents have 3 choices:
1. tag the child and the school is 100% responsible for their whereabouts.
2. Confine the children to locked rooms, school gates etc.
3. Accept the risk that children will not be where they are supposed to be and its not the schools fault.