Discusting School Policies

[Barbarossa]

Rebuilding the cafeteria will cost a lot more than my Cresta Run idea

Cheapest would be to get someone to bring the food downstairs for them at lunchtime...

[100%]

Rebuilding the cafeteria will cost a lot more than my Cresta Run idea

Rebuilding a dead person is priceless

[Virtualbody1234]

Rebuilding the cafeteria will cost a lot more than my Cresta Run idea

They shouldn't have biut the cafeteria on the second level to begin with.

That's what I meant when I said:

People can be so stupid sometimes with this kind of stuff.

[bigboab]

This is the standard procedure in most colleges and schools. In the event of a fire every second counts. Therefore it is faster to get all the able bodied people out first. Any attempt to get handicapped people out first would create a 'backlog' which could have disastrous results.

I know it sounds cruel. But in these situations we have to put the safety of the majority first.

I suppose the answer would be some kind of ramp sytem on the outside of the buildings. Something similar to the American fire escapes, but with ramps instead of stairs. Or even an outside mechanical lift that would not be in any way electrically controlled.

[tesco]

The guy that designed that school is an idiot.
Who would put the lunchroom upstairs anyway.

[bigboab]

The guy that designed that school is an idiot.
Who would put the lunchroom upstairs anyway.

There are also classrooms and labs upstairs that need to be accessed by handicapped people. They can access these by lifts under normal conditions. But in the event of a fire the lifts are 'out of bounds' for obvious reasons.

[tesco]

There are also classrooms and labs upstairs that need to be accessed by handicapped people. They can access these by lifts under normal conditions. But in the event of a fire the lifts are 'out of bounds' for obvious reasons.

ya, so no matter what there has to be some way for handicaps to get downstairs...

[Mr. Blunt]

This is kind of how my high school is. The top floor in the main building is only accessable by handicaps if they use the elevator. If case of a fire, the elevator is the only way down.

[bigboab]

ya, so no matter what there has to be some way for handicaps to get downstairs...

That is the whole point of this thread. The policy in most schools and colleges is for handicapped people to be left to the last. Sad, practicable, but true.

[Money Fist]

they should have at least tried to commando crawl down the stairs!

but still
it takes the piss they were left behind