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Originally Posted by Flyboy
That could take up to seven years to implement. Meanwhile, there would be a disparity in the way the children complied with the rules. That would not make it fair for those who had to follow the rules, from year seven. But, from what I believe, they had implemented a phasing in of the ties. I don't see what the problem is, it's not as if the ties cost a fortune, is it? Three or four pounds, I would have thought. If a parent has difficulty in affording any part of the school uniform, there is assistance for such things.
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But that is no excuse for it to happen and this school is doing their best to stop it. What is wrong with that?
This is not the function of a PTA. They are there to provide additional and supplementary funding to the school budget. They are not their to be representative of the parents, in any decisions the school makes, that is what the board of governors are there for. The board of governors then contact ALL parents to consult them. If your school are using the PTA this way, they are not acting in a way which the local education authority/children's services would sanction. Neither would the NCPTA (National Confederation of Parent Teachers Associations). If you feel that the school is not providing adequate consultation and you are not getting a satisfactory answer from the headteacher, then talk to governors, that is what they are there for.
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1 it could take that long but likely would only take 5 as most schools have different ties for 6 and upper 6th and in any case they were taking 3 years to phase this in any way so it would only have been an extra 2 years
2 i can think of better things to worry about in behavior than ties
3 yes i know its not their job BUT that is who they mean when most school say they have consulted there was no vote taken parents were invited to a parents forum at which i expect many other topics were up for discussion as long as you agreed lol
a load of us did turn up for one of these meetings at our school on parking they had a room for 30 ! not the 200 that turned up most of us against the idea but strangely in the annual report they seemed to think their wide ranging consultation had agreed with them so i wouldn't read to much into any claims by the school on parental suport
so we are left with a school refusing to teach a child in its last year because of a tie which will likely end up costing the local authority a fortune as they will have to provide education for the child while the dispute goes through various channels most likely with home tutors all for the sake of which type of tie they wear
i am not against uniform rules but they shouldn't be changed for those already there imho you pick you rules let the new intake decide if they wish to come and obey or go else where thats ok but changing a rule and one where it seems they were following even if not all the same way to be daft
if i was the local authority ( as well as trying to get a compromise of the parents ) i would make the governors pay for the extra costs in educating a child they have already had the money to educate off the government