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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
My daughter has been told that if she goes to school in any other clothing she will be sent home. It;s supposed to instill pride and encourage them to work harder.
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what a load of crap all i see is a money grabbing opportunity for schools to reap in extra money
heres a pathetic example of this pettyness at its extreme
i forget the name of the school but its a junior school up haslingden across from the swimming baths
for years their uniform was red and all the parents bought red jumpers for their children but mid term the head teacher left and a new head teacher was appointed and her favourite colour was purple, can you guess what colour jumpers all the parents were told to buy their children with immidiate effect or pupils would face been sent home for not having the correct uniform?
some parents can get 2 terms out of jumpers if looked after properly or hand them down to younger children if they attend the same school .
naturaly excuses were made like it was time for a change and purple represents the school better but in short teachers were disgusted by this and informed the parents of the real reason for the change which was basicly on the whim of a pratt and incidently if i remeber correctly a few teachers left because they found her intollerable and impossible to work with
this was almost 2 years ago now so i guess all the school is now purple uniformed but if you ask me schools have way to much power over what children wear or where it should be bought and as long as the items of clothing are the correct colour it shoudlnt matter where they are bought
its like saying to live in accrington i have to wear green jeans that can only be bought from hyndburn council its just ludricous the control these schools have over parents who can ill afford to be ripped off in this way