GENERAL INCOMPETENCE: My poor little niece

My niece, Katherine, started "school" two weeks ago. It's actually daycare, but for a two-year old kid, it's exciting nonetheless. My grandma's church hosts it, and Katherine attends two days a week.

She came home so excited after her first day, because naturally she felt like a big girl. The second day proved just as fun. Last Thursday, however, the third time proved anything but charming.

I got a call from my sister around 2 p.m. Apparently Katherine fell off of a slide and knocked herself out. The school called an ambulance and she ended up in the emergency room with a concussion. Kids get hurt all of the time, right? A few knocks on the head are part of the growing-up experience.

Well not like this, that's for sure.

The details were sketchy at first, because it all happened so quickly and the main priority was Katherine's well-being. Fortunately she appeared okay after a nervous few hours.

Since then we've learned the following:

- The slide in question is six feet tall.
- She was playing on the slide without any direct supervision.
- The school didn't notify my sister until more than an hour after the incident.
- After reporting to the emergency room, no school personnel remained at the hospital.
- No school personnel even inquired about her well-being until much later that evening.
- Today the school attempted to get my sister to sign an accident report full of inconsistencies from their verbal explanation.

How incompetent do you have to be to let a two-year old climb a six-foot slide without careful supervision? Yesterday Katherine had a seizure and fell down again, and now she has to have an MRI tomorrow. My sister's been advised to pursue legal action.

I'm against frivolous lawsuits, but I hope these morons pay through the nose.