[Deelow]

Hoping for a collective CP opinion on a dilemma my gf recently encountered.

She has a 4 year history working as a contracted teacher for an independent music school. There are close to 25 other contractors on staff, but usually only 10 would be in at any given time. There is a constant stream of clients flowing through the school. Clients rage in age from 5 to 60.

Yesterday while escorting a student to the front door someone decided to take the opportunity to lift her iPad while she was away from the classroom. It took her about an hour to notice it was missing. By that time the Find My Phone app couldn't see the iPad. So it was either shut off, or off the wifi network.

It's clear one of three things happened.
1. Stolen by a student
2. Stolen by another teacher
3. Someone entered the school through the backdoor, broke into her classroom and got away undetected. (I find this unlikely)

In your opinion who is on the hook for replacing this item (not just legally but morally)? Is it a reasonable expectation that the school provide a teaching environment that protects contractors from things such as this? Or is it on the teachers to be monitoring their teaching equipment at all times?