I took my grandson to school in the spring as a lot of you know. Teacher comes out,gates electronically locked. Very high fence, curving inward. You have to speak through a system,there's a camera, identify yourself. When you leave,it's pretty difficult to get back out of the grounds.
Where was that? When I picked my kids up from school the first time they just asked who I was picking up and handed them over. I thought there would be a bit more security but you can just walk in and help yourself to a child apparently.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
wild edges said: When I picked my kids up from school the first time they just asked who I was picking up and handed them over. I thought there would be a bit more security but you can just walk in and help yourself to a child apparently.
In one of the schools I worked on a few years back, the entrance arrangement was a sort of wire cage lobby for which the doors couldn't be opened at both ends at the same time. This was to allow staff to check that none of the pupils coming in had guns (There were bullet holes in the walls). Another one in a similar area had double fences at a stipulated distance apart to prevent drugs and cash being passed hand to hand through the fence. These were secondary schools, not primary.
The new one we built for the first one didn't need the same security and has been far more successful since they moved to the new building. Just a better designed building.
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Do you have to leave the outside light on to let the children know you'd like them to trick or treat? There are only 3 houses in my hamlet but across the lane 3 children live and two of them are old enough dress up for Halloween. I'd love them to knock on my door. Perhaps I should have had a word with their mum.
Kids around here knock every door even if the place is dark and there's no cars on the drive. You've got to admire their optimism. We've got an array of carved pumpkins lit up on the front step to encourage visitors (and for health and safety reasons). If this rain gets any worse though I'll have to fetch them in and the soggy witches will have to take their chances. I really need to get that outside light replaced.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Round here the rule is - decorations / pumpkin outside: it's okay to knock. No pumpkin / other obviously Halloween decoration: don't knock. It seems to be pretty well adhered to - no one wants their kids to upset anyone or get abuse!
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I decorate my porch and get lots of visitors but large or small they are polite and grateful. I love to see them all dressed up even on a wet and windy night like tonight.
The neighbours either side are elderly and obviously don’t want the bother so nobody knocks on their doors .
I've never had any interest in Halloween celebrations, just more imported Americanisation. We have a 'No Halloween Callers' on the door and it seems to work. As it's chucking it down here at present that should discourage all but the most hardcore.
I'm not interested in it, don't put out any decorations, and we rarely get anyone knocking (and if we do it's invariably older ones with no costumes, not little ones dressed up, and they scowl and grumble if you give them sweets - they want money). Tonight, being a Monday, I've been out to yoga so missed anyone who might have knocked anyway.
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The new one we built for the first one didn't need the same security and has been far more successful since they moved to the new building. Just a better designed building.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
There are only 3 houses in my hamlet but across the lane 3 children live and two of them are old enough dress up for Halloween. I'd love them to knock on my door. Perhaps I should have had a word with their mum.