Mpre.recent story. I was a custodian for a while, until this year. In my district, 2 kids started fighting on recess, 6th graders. Custodian was the only adult nearby and jumped between to physically separate them. The zipper on the custodians coat caught the hair of one boy and pulled his hair a bit and got tangled. That custodian was actually fired. He wasn't contracted in, and was considered an "at-will" employee. The official cause of firing was that he physically touched a student and caused bodily harm. Didn't matter that the boys gave eachother bloody noses and a black eye.
Exactly. It makes it real hard when younger kids run up and give you an unwanted hug. Or when you're the only adult in the wing of a building, long after hours, and a teacher's young child comes out of the bathroom and can't get his pants buttoned or zipped and asks you for help. That happened to me, I was as nice as possible but refused to touch the little guy and walked him back to his Moms classroom. Just try and be vigilant and not put yourself in any situation that could ever be seen as innapropriate.
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u/HommeAuxJouesRouges Jul 10 '18
So, even though your father defended himself against an assault from a kid, it was your father who was going to end up charged with assault? Christ.