My Preschool Requires Staff To Buckle Children In. Cars Have Nearly Ran Over Our Feet. One Person's Foot Was Ran Over Years Ago.

Location: Illinois.

My preschool has staff members unbuckle and take kids out of the car during arrival then we put kids in their car and buckle them in during dismissal while the parents sit and watch us.

The parents are supposed to put their cars in park, however, there have been multiple instances where staff members have almost had their feet ran over because parents aren't in park. The parents let go of the brake and luckily staff members have noticed that the car was moving before being injured. Someone has had their foot ran over though.

A few years ago, the staff told the district that they had concerns about being held liable if students weren't buckled correctly and were injured in a car crash. Someone came to the school to tell everyone that they would be 'covered' if that happened.

Recently, a team member brought a written list of concerns to our new principal and the only changes that were made affected the traffic that the car line causes. They didn't address staff members safety concerns.

A staff member submitted a complaint to the superintendent and the only thing that happened was the new principal giving us a lecture on how 'she is human', 'she is working with the district on it', 'she would never put her staff in harms way', and 'now the district thinks that we have people getting their feet ran over everyday'.

No changes. We still have to buckle the kids in and hope that today we aren't lucky enough to get our feet ran over.

Any advice on how bad of a legal issue this is for the school? If someone else gets injured then the district would definitely be fucked. I am surprised that the person who had their foot ran over didn't escalate the situation further. That never should've happened.

Also, not to mention that some of the cars are gross as hell and someone might have gotten a rash from reaching in parents' dirty cars.