Subsidised School Run

[Vincent Wilcox]

Ian G Batten wrote:
>
> Or the police. Outside the junior school my elder attends
> there's been parking havoc, which the school and the
> police have together stopped by having a policeman outside
> for a week ticketing everyone who parked incorrectly. He
> makes occasional, unannouced, return visits, with a zero-
> tolerance policy. No warnings, no quiet words, just a
> fixed penalty. The problem has, for practical purposes,
> evaporated.
>
> ian
>

Mmmm. Good idea. Try this will I.

[Robert Bruce]

mae <vw@f2s.com> wedi ysgrifennu:
> james wrote: Well they can't read the big f*%k off yellow
> writing up and down the road that says things like DO NOT
> PARK HERE SCHOOL and KEEP CLEAR SCHOOL with big yellow zig-
> zags. They then leave there 4x4 Grand Cherokee Thunder
> Patrol Meisters there and natter away for 10 minutes with
> other parents on the playground, no doubt discussing the
> merits of various brands of winches.

Aren't the markings there to keep the road clear so that
there's somewhere to park?

--
Rob

Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may
contribute and benefit.

[Paul]

In article <c6tqba$g8mpr$1@ID-221516.news.uni-berlin.de>,
willbedeletedoffserver@analytical-dynamics.co.uk says...
> mae <vw@f2s.com> wedi ysgrifennu:
> > james wrote: Well they can't read the big f*%k off
> > yellow writing up and down the road that says things
> > like DO NOT PARK HERE SCHOOL and KEEP CLEAR SCHOOL with
> > big yellow zig-zags. They then leave there 4x4 Grand
> > Cherokee Thunder Patrol Meisters there and natter away
> > for 10 minutes with other parents on the playground, no
> > doubt discussing the merits of various brands of
> > winches.
>
> Aren't the markings there to keep the road clear so that
> there's somewhere to park?
>
>
That's a novel idea.
--
.paul

If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not
the sport for you.

[Vincent Wilcox]

paul wrote:
> In article <c6tqba$g8mpr$1@ID-221516.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> willbedeletedoffserver@analytical-dynamics.co.uk says...
>
>>mae <vw@f2s.com> wedi ysgrifennu:
>>
>>>james wrote: Well they can't read the big f*%k off yellow
>>>writing up and down the road that says things like DO NOT
>>>PARK HERE SCHOOL and KEEP CLEAR SCHOOL with big yellow
>>>zig-zags. They then leave there 4x4 Grand Cherokee
>>>Thunder Patrol Meisters there and natter away for 10
>>>minutes with other parents on the playground, no doubt
>>>discussing the merits of various brands of winches.
>>
>>Aren't the markings there to keep the road clear so that
>>there's somewhere to park?
>>
>>
>
> That's a novel idea.

He probably got it from a book.

[Gonzalez]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:10:51 +0100, Gonzalez
<speedy.gonzalez@nospam.basher.com> wrote:

>A while back I posted about the absurd situation at the
>school where I teach. Parents who drive their children to
>school enjoy an £70 per annum subsidy. An annual "School
>Run Permit" costs just £10 allowing 40 minutes parking per
>day for about 200 days.
>
>This subsidy is to be withdrawn. The parents are raising a
>petition (at the school's (and taxpayers') expense). What
>is the best way to counter this petition?

Thanks for all your advice. I have followed none of it.

On Friday a petition letter went home to every child from a
group of parents anxious that they will lose their £70 per
annum school run subsidy. I raised serious objections to
this with the headteacher, and suggested the following
letter should go out with the petition letter:

==========

Dear Parents,

Blackheath Station Car Park

I would like to offer the following as an alternate view to
the objections raised by some at the removal of the annual
subsidy offered by Lewisham Taxpayers to parents at The
School who drive their children to school.

1. Walking or cycling to school is far safer than
driving. Cars kill 3000 people per year.
2. Walking or cycling is a healthy habit which will
benefit your child for the rest of their life.
3. Walking or cycling is a clean and renewable form of
transport.
4. You will still be able to drive; it is the School
Run Subsidy which will be removed.
5. Disabled badge holders will not be affected.
6. Fewer cars on the School Run will mean a better
environment for us all and an improved bus service.

I hope you will keep these points in mind before signing the
petition to keep the subsidy in place.

Kind regards,

The Headteacher

==========

The Headteacher would not let me send the letter home,
however, next Friday the headteacher will send out a letter
to all parents encouraging them to bring their children to
school by walking or cycling, and leave their cars at home.

I still think that the council would do better by offering a
£70 per annum subsidy to children who walk or cycle and by
withdrawing the £70 School Run subsidy.

As a governor, as well as a teacher, I may well bring this
matter up at our next meeting.

[GearóId Ó Laoi/]

Good for you.

I am 54 and from Cork, Ireland.

I was copying old school photos recently and looking at
First Communion and Confirmation school photos (ages 7
and maybe 11), ALL the boys in each photo, were emaciated
by modern standards. Of course they all walked or cycled
to school.