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Tell you what, Police:  sort out all the rape, pillage, robbery, kidnapping and drug killing, and if you've a moment between not being allowed to firmly Police a bunch of professional protesters at recent events, maybe you could do something about a child who swears at me.

In the words of Big Jim: catch yourself on.

existentialtyke:

Gary,

I should add that I was giving an objective opinion. Subjectively, I am appalled by the conditions under which too many teachers work.

ET

As am I, as I thought my first post suggested.

Middlemarch:

His brief got the case dismissed on the grounds - agreed by the judge - that a school is not a public place.

You can - as we did - argue all you like that it is, but the law says it is not.

I don't know why you would want to argue that a school is a public place. If it were so (and there is legal precedent going back to the 19th centgury that a school is not a public place), you and the GB would have little or no control over who came in or out. Members of the public could wander in and take photos, the police would not need permission (let alone a warrant) to come in whenever they wish and so on.

Even places that habitually allow access to members of the public, such as railway stations and shops, are not legally public places.

existentialtyke:

Too many SLTs are hopeless at protecting the rights of their staff, as too many unions seem unable to force such rights.

airy:

The kids who assaulted the staff were responsible.

I thought that.

Martyrdom is beyond the call of duty.