One Teacher's Strict Potty Policy

One fifth-grade teacher in New York, sick and tired of her students' "excessive" potty breaks, has decided to put a stop to it by implementing a strict potty policy in which each student is allotted three potty passes -- get this -- a week! And if they have all of their passes at the end of the week, then they are awarded a prize in the form of a small toy.

I think the intentions of this teacher were good, but the execution was bad: excessive bathroom breaks can be disruptive and takes away from class time -- but only 3 bathroom passes a week?! Come on, that's not even enough for me. These little 5th-graders have smaller bladders than grown adults. I wonder how many times she uses the bathroom a day...

A better solution would be to give the students 3 passes a day maybe...but I don't think it is appropriate to reward them for not using their bathroom passes. It's quite dangerous, really: not emptying one's bladder when it is full for a while can cause urinary tract infections (UTI's). Yeah, sure they'll get a fun toy, but UTI's are definitely not fun.

When angry parents complained to the Department of Education, they issued a statement saying that is not a school policy but an individual teacher's own policy, and the principal has put a stop to it.

What do you think about this teacher's policy? Should students get rewarded for not taking bathroom breaks?