Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Too Much Time in the Bathroom At the school that I am interning at there is a student in one of my classes who takes excessive amounts of time in the bathroom. Sometimes, it will take this student up to 20 minutes to use the bathroom right around the corner, and come back. We are not sure whether or not the student is actually using the bathroom or just saying that he is so he does not have to participate. My CT, her assistant and I are all women, so we are unable to go into the bathroom. What should we do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) A possible solution, is to first talk to the parents. Talking to the parents can help by seeing if the student has any medical conditions that might make him go to the restroom slower than others. If this is not the case, than you can talk to a male staff that might be available to check on him if he does not come back in a reasonable amount of time. A third solution, is to talk to the whole class about bathroom breaks and have a discussion and see how long they might like in order to use the restroom and come back. Talking to the class and seeing what they would like could help greatly.