Eat lunch or go to the toilet. Parents of pupils attending Woodchurch High School in Liverpool, Merseyside are angry because their kids have to choose between the two options, according to a report by the Daily Mirror.
The loos at the academy school have been locked because of vandalism leaving students with a difficult choice come lunch time. Parents are now frustrated, claiming that their children must now choose between eating food during the break or going to the toilet instead.
One of those parents is Emma McGiness. She said that their children are suffering without toilet use which she believes is a basic human right. McGiness added that school officials have closed pretty much all of the student toilets, leaving only one open.
Students left with stark choice during lunch time
This has become a nightmare scenario for students during lunch break as they have to decide whether to eat or to go to the toilet. McGiness said she already asked the school what is in place to help the children with their predicament, even bringing up the possibility of the students being handed a toilet pass but she has yet to hear back from officials.
She added that there are a lot of angry parents because of this issue. McGiness said that some children suffer heavy periods or end up with a UTI because they are holding it in. McGiness told the Liverpool Echo that one woman's son has become picky with the food he eats during the evening as he does not want to need to use the toilet in school.
McGiness said her daughter came home last week with a huge complaint, saying that she asked to use the toilet pass in the school and had to spend 20 minutes looking for one that was open. McGiness said her child got told off because she took so long.
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McGiness argues human rights of students being taken away
The irate mother asks the question "What is she meant to do there?" McGiness said there is just no positive reinforcement in the school and that the pupil's basic human rights are being taken away. She added that the school's rules are affecting the children's behavior, especially her daughter, who is suffering from ADHD and autism.
McGiness said that her daughter often chooses to go the toilet during lunch time and misses out on eating food at the break as there is just not enough time to do both activities over the allotted period.
McGiness explained that Woodchurch High School recently had an assembly and told the students that the toilets would be closed because of vandalism. For McGiness, that is not a valid excuse, saying that the school cannot punish the children like that and close them without alternative arrangements.
According to The Sun, McGiness has taken her fight to social media, asking other parents if their children were experiencing the same thing in that school and what their thoughts are regarding the issue.
