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“As a male middle school teacher, here is my protocol…”
“If a student has a period blood stain that they aren’t aware of, I text the teacher group chat, the rest of whom are all females, and have them talk to the girl. To make it more discreet, I hand the female a small note telling them that they need to go see a certain teacher. (Whichever female teacher has said in the group chat that they could handle it.) Do not tell the student why they need to see that teacher. The receiving teacher will handle it.
If a student has a period blood stain, or any other stain which may embarrass them, I text the teacher group chat, and have one of the female teachers take the female student to the storage area, where we keep spare uniforms. They help the student change their uniform, then put the dirty uniform in a bag in their locker for them to take home. (We do this for boys who need new uniforms during the day, too. In that case, a male teacher helps them.)
If a student is having period cramps, the student goes to a female teacher’s classroom that has a big, comfortable chair in it. We call it the ‘headache chair,’ but it’s really the ‘period cramp chair.’ The student can stay there for one class period. If they aren’t feeling good enough to go to class after that, they go to the office to go home.
If it is a student’s first time getting their period, a female teacher handles it, but the parents are also informed immediately. It seems like the kind of thing parents want to know about immediately.”
—Matthew Bates, Quora User
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