Day Thirty One: Attack of the Killer Coyotes

Today we had a visit from some urban coyotes at the elementary school.  Panic ensued and the kids were called in early because as one teacher put it 'coyotes are dangerous'.  They were at the far edge of the school field and they were feasting on some rabbits.  We were not allowed outside for DPA or gym and so we were all stuck inside all day.  The kids couldn't go home for lunch unless their parent came to get them.  I asked my partner teach why we just couldn't let the kids out and she said 'we don't know if the kids will chase the coyotes so we need to keep them safe.'  Oh man.  It's a wonder that more rural kids aren't killed every year by CHASING COYOTES!! Surely we should set up some kind of fund for the education of children and the options that are available to them besides chasing coyotes.  I see 'yotes at my house all the time in the country, so do country kids, and they don't chase them.  THEIR PARENTS tell them that they could be dangerous if they are mangy or hungry, and to stay away from them.  Heaven forbid that urban parents tell their kids this.  Instead we will focus on the five coyotes who killed a woman in Ontario.....last year?  Or the year before?  Anyway, that's all the staff talked about in the staff room was how dangerous they are and why there are sooooooooo many in the city.  I asked about the ON. woman and they said they heard the 'yotes were mangy and hungry....but why do they hunt in packs there they asked.  I said that they can hunt in packs if there is plentiful big game and sometimes they will live in groups.  IF there is only little animals available they will live on their own.  Holy crap.  The people in this school have ZERO common sense.  And they think the parents are helicopter parents.  We have helicopter teachers.  Frick.  I suggested the school invest in a rifle to shoot them and everyone just stared at me....that's what we do if the come to the house.  At least if you shot them we could go out for recess.