A "from vacation" quick respoinse on this. I actually don't agree on the safety issue and feel that we just can't stop living out of these overblown fears. There are tons of ways to tell a child lives in a home. Is there a play set out back, a bike on its side on the side lawn, a minivan in the driveway, an actual child playing. Isn't this fear overstated.
I could see maybe not putting the child's name on the sign (so let the sign be: "welcome to XYZ school"), but the sign as adding to danger? I just don't see it.
You can also offer parents make a sign for their child as a surprise. All signs need to be dropped off at the school by _____ date for the PTO to place on in front of the school or on the driveway leading up to the school.
That way, parents are doing some of the work in creating the signs and the PTO only has to put them in.
I need to talk with my prinicipal but I'm leaning more towards big banners and balloons too. The safety issue is a concern for me...I'm also up for doing personalized, individual signs but putting put them in the grass at school, this way the kids can still keep them.
We do BIG welcome back signs with balloons flying every year. It is a very festive look and many parents take the time to actually pose with their child. d
OneandOnly;134132 wrote: I would not feel comfortable having signs placed on front lawns of the homes of children. We have a registered offender in our town and we've had instances reported to the police of children being approached by a person in a car. It would be like a light bulb to a moth.
I wholeheartedly agree!!!!! Rather than make it a public display, why not put a creative, sincere flyer and/or note in their mailbox. It would give the same message but in a much safer - and personal - manner, imho
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" - Ferris Bueller
I would not feel comfortable having signs placed on front lawns of the homes of children. We have a registered offender in our town and we've had instances reported to the police of children being approached by a person in a car. It would be like a light bulb to a moth.
Having signs on the lawn in front of the school welcoming students is another thing. Isn't the thought to welcome the kids back to school? Then it would be more appropriate there. Personally, our PTO would not have that type of money in its budget to purchase such signs that would only be up for a week. We had 630 students which is a lot of signs. If we were to assist the principal in welcoming the students back, we would have created banners over each entryway with balloons or something.
