100th Post

I voted. I didn’t really want to vote for either candidate. I ended up voting based on who I thought has a better education plan (even thought I think both need some major improvements).

Now, I have never been at a school on voting day. Today was my first day. If you went and voted at a school or are a parent who had it held out your child’s school we should outraged.

With all the weird people out there these days why are we allowing them to come on to school property to allow them to vote?

(Yes, the public owns the schools. But, any other day the teachers and staff know who is on campus and adults coming to the campus have to get a badge from the front office to be on campus). In my first 5 minutes of walking to my classroom this morning I saw so many adults that I did not know. Now I know that most of the public are good people. But, what freaks me out about having the voting polls at our schools is that any sort of predator can come to our school and walk around without anyone trying to figure out who they are and what they are doing there. Some of these people used the kid’s bathrooms today!

Kids feel safe at school and usually trust the adults that are in their schools. I could go up to any kid at the school and ask them to come with me. In an era where we are all about safety and the safety of our children why are we allowing voting to happen during school hours? Sure the chances are slim for something to happen. And one could argue that it could happen any day. However, I think a day like today makes it too easy and something happening to one child is too much of a risk.

Perhaps every election day I’ll feel a pit in my stomach and be extra protective of my students if I’m a teacher working in a school that has the public come in for voting.