Hi, I am probably being very unreasonable here, but yet again dd's school has sent home a letter demanding that the parents of children (in this case) selected to go to a sports event collect them from school early - fair enough, I know the school can't transport them etc, and I know all schools rely on parents to help out (and believe me we do), but a little please, thank you and acknowledgement that we often have to leave work early, beg lifts off others, and that it is not easy, would go a long long way... For last years school trip we were expected to drop off at the venue at 10am one day and collect at 1pm the next day, and the school wondered why we were upset. So, it's a state school - but we are essentially its customers, I wouldn't be happy to receive a letter written in this kind of tone from a business that I was a customer of, nor would I send anything anything quite so terse. I am quite tempted to write to the Chair of Governors about the Heads communication... I am furious with myself for being so angry about such trivilaity but................
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Floor7StaffordTower · 11/02/2011 17:33
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