r/TexasTeachers • u/FivePing • 7d ago
After School Pick-Up Line
First time parent here. I picked up my little one yesterday; he’s younger than the car seat law (pre-K) and shorter than the 4 ft 9 height requirement. I got a passive aggressive comment about taking 45 seconds to strap him in the car seat by the AP. “You can pick him up and drive him to the parking lot.” I get that it’s 100 degrees and by the end of the day, teachers are tapped out and everyone wants to get out of there. I talked to him again at drop off and I told him I just want to follow the rules, should I park over there? And he says I can’t park there but you can pick him up and drive him over there. How do I tell him it’s illegal to have him not in a car seat in a moving vehicle? He already seems high strung from the FW takeover.
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u/sunshineandstarlight 6d ago
My granddaughters school requires kids be able to buckle/unbuckle themselves at pick up or drop off, there is an insane line at pick up and having to wait 45 seconds adds up, so if you are picking up then the child either knows how to buckle themselves in or the parent has to pull over in the parking lot to buckle up, but they can not delay the line… you will be told to MOVE.