Student Toilet Training Policy

All students are expected to be toilet-trained prior to enrollment at Coweta Charter Academy. While we understand that accidents may happen with our younger students, frequent and recurring accidents can have a negative impact on the educational experience of your child and their peers.  

For the purposes of this policy, “toilet trained” means that a child can:

1. Communicate the need to use the bathroom to an adult;
2. Sit down on a toilet;
3. Use the toilet without assistance;
4. Undress and dress as necessary;
5. Tend to personal hygienic needs after toileting; and
6. In the event of an accident, can independently tend to hygienic needs and change clothes.

CCA teachers and staff are not trained to assist students with toileting needs or handling hazardous substances.  For this reason, after the second toileting accident in a school year, the student’s parent will be required to pick up their student from school or come to the school and assist their child with tending to hygienic needs and changing clothes. After a third toileting accident, the student’s parent will be required to meet with school administration to develop a regular toileting plan prior to the student being readmitted to the classroom.

Parents should immediately notify their student’s teacher if their child is prone to accidents or exhibits a regression in toilet training so that a regular toileting plan may be implemented to reduce the risk of accidents. All students who are prone to toileting accidents or have had an accident at school must bring a spare change of clothes to school.

Exceptions to this policy will only be made for students whose lack of toilet training results from a disability addressed by an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Section 504 Plan.