Okay, so I just finished watching the Jarod’s Law video and news clips from Kari‘s presentation. It is so sad what has happened to this little boy and the pain his family went through and is still going through. I could understand the family wanting to make a difference after finding out that other children died from this same kind of accident and nothing had been done about these tables.
However, I read through the stipulations of Jarod’s Law and it has gone off the deep end. I totally agree that schools should provide a safe atmosphere for children to learn. I don’t think that any school is in a situation that they knowingly are unsafe for the children to come there everyday. (Okay, maybe a few once I looked through the list of Jarod’s Law Health Inspection sheet.) Come on, it is not this safe anywhere in the USA that I could imagine - how about our homes and local stores!? Most of the items listed seem like common sense. Someone in class mentioned a lipgloss being taken out of a teacher’s drawer because of the health inspections - maybe the students should be taught not to go into the teacher’s drawers. I read online that the Ohio Department of Health is responsible for developing the forms, templates and checklists to be used before and after the inspection. Also, the ODH has to develop a list of dangerous and recalled products that might be found in schools and distribute this list to the schools. Who was paying for all of this before, did the ODH receive addition funding for this project or is it just dividing it among the employees they already have - adding more workload.
I am not saying that this bill is not effective - I have 3 children in school and I am trusting that the school is doing everything to keep them safe. My questions are who is paying for all of this? Did the ODH receive additional funding in Jarod’s Law? Did the lawmakers take into account all of the additional money that needed to be spent for someone to check for litter outside the building and make sure there is no standing water on the playground?
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While i agree that funding is an issue, as a parent of a preschooler i am appaled that something like Jarods Law did not already exist. My daughters preschools and day camps undergo these inspections every year and i feel our schools should be held to the same levels of accountability. In terms of funding, this needs to be a priority and if necessary cuts must happen in other areas for the time being (such as field trips or additional extra curricular activities) in order to get schools up to code then the cuts need to happen. We must ensure our schools are safe.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that we need to look at how this will be funded. Can the government help supply those schools, that have safety issues and no money to pay to fix them, with money to go towards making such repairs? I think this should not only be a responsibilty for the teachers and teh school but also for the government as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the funding for Jarod's Law. The funding should have been more of a consideration when the law was created. Jarod's Law will not be successful if schools are not held accountable. We can not expect schools to cooperate with the law if they do not have necessary funds to follow the regulations in the law.
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