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At my brother's high school, the bathrooms are kept locked during class periods (unlocked during lunch and before/after school). A student wishing to use the facility must first get a signed bathroom pass from their teacher, THEN must track down an elderly "bathroom monitor." These folks are paid to sit in front of the restrooms all day, yet they are usually asleep in the teacher's lounge most of the time. There is one monitor for the mens rooms and one for the womens rooms. IF they find the monitor, then the monitor stands in the bathroom while the kid does his/her thing - this is to ensure no one is smoking cigarettes or vandalizing property.

My brother knows of several incidents where young women (particularly the 14 and 15 year olds) have literally bled all over themselves while trying to track down a bathroom monitor. How embarassing for these girls! There have also been instances of students with IBS and other gastro-intestinal problems literally soiling themselves because they couldn't get in a bathroom quickly enough. The problems with such a policy are not limited to younger kids.

This policy exists for a reason, but they've taken it much too far. It's made it so that even if a kid has the teacher's permission to leave class, they may not be able to use the bathroom if they can't get one unlocked. What used to take 5 minutes, maximum, can now take 10-15 minutes because of the effort the student must make. Welcome to today's public schools!

Welcome to today's public schools!

Kids! The public schools are at war with YOU!

Never surrender!

What you described is really horrible. What an indignity, to have to pee in the presence of the monitor.

I'd never send my kids to public "skool."

Really????

I'm a young guy (27) and after grammar school, I just got up to use the bathroom if I needed to. I only explained to the teacher if he/she asked.

Having to ask permission to go to the toilet is stupid.