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In the future.....just bag the belongings of the student with the bed bug, not the entire class to prevent parent chaos. Get really familiar with your states guidelines regarding bed bugs in the school setting. I have mine copied and ready to go when these issues come up.

SALTINE!!!!.........STAT!!!!

I have 4th and 5th graders talking about having boyfriends and girlfriends. I thought that was absurd, until I realized their parents posted pics of the two love birds hanging out at each others houses on the weekend......NOW THAT IS CRAZY!!

What is the counselor telling you the reason as to why she is just sitting on this information? Is she "in process" - Communication! Go with your gut, get involved

I would have pushed them over the edge!!! When I passed out the pad samples, the girls were acting like it was a bomb that was about to explode. Nobody wanted to touch the pad!!

Well, it went OK. I have never had so many giggling girls. You would have thought I gave them all laughing gas before the puberty video.The video mentions the word "breasts" and they are rolling on the floor. CMON NOW!!!!!

I feel like I am missing out in life !!!!!!

WOW! Lucky!!

Do you guys have access to a social worker right away? We have to go through a referral process and the social worker ends up coming to the school after about 2 weeks to follow up. We are very rural but was curious if other schools have access to help so readily. That would be great. We dont have counselors either.

Yes, what oldDude said. I have had this same situation with a teacher. I went to see the "shunning and abandonment by his friends" and IT WAS NOT THE CASE AT ALL. He was doing great and had wonderful social interactions. This was confirmed when talking with teacher aides. The teacher was building up quite the horrible situation that simply wasn't reality, to achieve her goal. I did follow up with the student to see if B.O. continued to be a problem, but it simply stopped being an issue after the weeks end. I sent out a few flyers about hygiene. I know this might not be the outcome for more severe situations, but had I not looked into this "student exclusion and abandonment", I could have opened a can of worms that didn't need to happen.

I have already plotted this very scenario a hundred times since 7 a.m. Not sure I am gonna get anything for mother's day this year :)

I am laughing so hard in my office, I had front office staff come in to see what was going on. Funniest thing ever!!!!!!

Today is the Puberty Lesson for my DAUGHTER's class. I know it should be no different than any other class.......But C'mon now!! It just is!!!!! My daughter gives me "guidelines" today as to what I can and can't say. She says "mom do not use the word MENSTRUATION, its just weird" And then she says " And don't mention a word about MY PERIOD!!!" What kind of mom do you think I am?!!!! Geesh give me some credit! I am not going to start the class with "Ok class, everyone look at my daughter Suzie, because she is having her period RIGHT NOW!!!. Suzie tell us a little bit about how your feeling..... Bloated? " :)

When I have situations like this come up, I usually start by sending out a mass school letter about hygiene in general. Usually its grades k-3. The flyer touches on the basics like taking a bath at night, washing feet, trimming finger nails, washing hair and wearing clean clothes. Most of the time, the parent gets the hint and we see an improvement.

2nd grader comes in with his pass....teacher takes the time to write out a nursing pass because.....student has itch on ankle. So....Ok I ask the student, what's the problem.....He replies "I swear Mrs. J, if I had 5 legs, they would all be broke right now." Wait...What?! I would have paid to see the look on my own face as I desperately try to process this. I reply with "So the itch gone?" He pulls up his pant leg and scratched it....."yep, and no broken bones" So confused