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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Bathroom Breaks: Kids in NJ can't go when the need to
I remember when I was in middle school you had 5 minutes between classes to go to the locker and make it to your next class. Somewhere between your morning break and lunch you had to find time to make it to the bathroom. It's been like that for many many years.
It wasn't until I was in college could I just leave in the middle of a lecture to go to the bathroom. You missed some of the lecture you had to find someone to fill you in.
At the office now I can go whenever I want, but there were some jobs that I had to be there until scheduled breaks because that's how the work flowed and others depended on me in the line.
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Pee rule is No. 1 gripe at school
By DEREK ROSE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Some New Jersey middle school students can't go when they gotta go.
A controversial new pee policy at Lawrence Middle School in Lawrenceville, N.J., is limiting pupils to just 15 bathroom breaks a month.
"It's insane," said parent Lisa Everson, 40. "I just think the administration does not know how to handle children. It's unhealthy, and it's also embarrassing for children. We're furious about all of it."
Seventh-grader Eric Waldron, 13, is worried - he has just four bathroom breaks left for the rest of the month.
"It's stupid," he said. "They say they're doing good for the school, they say it'll teach responsibility and management, but you can't manage your bathroom time. You have to go when you have to go!"
Matthew Gregory, 12, has been drinking and eating less at lunch to avoid using up his passes.
"It's pretty silly," he said. "They make us do things for no reason."
Administrators say the policy was put in place to stem discipline problems that included two bomb threats scrawled on bathroom walls in the fall.
"Of course some kids are upset because kids don't want rules," Principal Nancy Pitcher told the Trenton Times. "Some parents don't understand because they are only getting bits and pieces of the story."
Pitcher noted students may use the bathroom during a 33-minute lunch period. But kids say it's after lunch that their need is greatest.
Originally published on February 17, 2004
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