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legal? bathroom rights??
so i was just wondering if anyone knew if this was legal or not and if you could maybe find a page that says its not, you dont need to but it would help, since i couldnt find one. so anyways..
alright so the other day at my school i asked to leave the class to use the bathroom and the teacher wouldn't sign the pass.. and i seriously needed to go and so i kept asking and the teacher called the assistance principle and said that she was going to escort me there?? and so i was like um? okay and so like 20 minutes past and the escort never came and like i was shaking so bad because i needed to use the bathroom and so i got up and just left and then i came back and my teacher made another phone call and then later that day during another class i got called to the assistant principles office and i got and ext det(extended detention, its you have to stay after school for 3 hrs and you cant talk or do anything except work) and they really suck. and i asked why? and she said because i left the class and i was suppose to have an escort and i told thats fine but my escort never even came when she was suppose to and then i asked why i even needed an escort and she said because i was on bathroom restriction witch is like crazy because i never did anything wrong to get that... and i asked her what i was suppose to do.. piss myself? and she said yes... and i just wanted to no if what happen was even legal?
if it helps im a sophmore in hs, and i live in the state of ct.
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I'm sorry to say but you can't do anything about it leagally (they aren't breaking the laws, because the teacher has the right to say you need an escort) However, it is wrong that they made you wait when you really had to go. But i think the only thing that you can really do about it would be to tell your mom or dad and have them call school to complain.
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It is perfectly legal.
As you are granted opportunities during the day, between classes and during your lunch to use the bathroom the school is not 'denying' you use of the bathroom (which would be illegal) merely restricting you. It is alright for them to restrict access for the safety and control of the students. You don't have to agree with what they call safety or security ;) you can argue that all you want, but they are allowed to do it.
Bathroom use during class time is a privilege, not a right. Most schools will be quite flexible on this rule if a doctor's note is produced, and most elementary schools don't enforce these restrictions on children grade three and below, as their bladders are still developing. But as a teen, you are shit out of luck. You have to go when you have opportunity, or abide by the rules. Believe it or not, there are workplaces where the same sort of rules can be enforced, even agreed too, by unions. Taking advantage of specific breaks in the day is not an unrealistic expectation by any means, and not one you'll find only at high school.
What happened to you was definately not cool, someone should have come to assist you, but the rule itself is still valid. Use the bathroom on your breaks and avoid this mess.
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