AIBU to question the school banning prams from the buggy shed?

I think that's ridiculous. Why would you make schools lives even harder, because you can't be bothered to leave 10 minutes earlier, or your work or your work patterns don't suit?

The op can solve this problem quite easily. People encouraging her to lobby the school and petition and go to the governors and head teachwr??? This all takes time away from the actual teaching of your children, and the safeguarding work they're doing for children...

And what if 150 other people need it.. and then opeak hasn't got anywhere to park her buggy? We should. She then complain to the school that the shed's not big enough?

I'm not entirely sure why her work pattern is the school's problem? She could ask her work to start 5 to 10 minutes later? But no, this is the school's problem to solve apparently...

But the bike shed is for those select users.

Move on. Build a bridge. Get over it.

People can still walk, they just need to take buggy's/ scooters home again. The school don't need to reconcile anything. My kids always went to school on a scooter, I always brought it home, same with the buggy when they where in nursery. It's not hard.

Can u not cycle there - cycle considerately on the pavements or push for the dangerous bits and then easily cycle home for meeting

Why dont you wheel the pram back home after drop off?

Ridiculous that they don't have a bike park at least, they ought to be encouraging active travel to school. The bike park at DS's primary school is bigger than the staff car park and all children are encouraged to bike to school.

You'll just have to either leave earlier so there's time to walk and still run back or try running with the pushchair. Very annoying though.

I'd be pissed off the school is enticing new dc but isn't accommodating to the dc already there...
Nobody wants to drop an already shattered 3yo off for the day.

It doesn’t seem fair that a small select group are allowed to do this and you are not?! Think I’d email the head to complain. Explain why you need it and how it would impact your day. I’m sure they’ll say it’s okay.

If the buggy park is used for one set day a week then they should allow the school and nursery to use it on the other four days. Even if it wasn't set days then they could easily put up a notice, or notify parents which days the park was out of use.

I think it's totally insane to make parents go back with bikes and scooters in tow. What about those who have more than one kid? I've got three (almost four), and that would be impossible.

I'd lobby the school with other parents' backing, tbh. What a silly rule.

I think it's batshit OP. Sorry. I think it's reasonable to raise with school and ask how they reconcile this with the need to encourage people to walk bike or scooter rather than drive
But I guess if they dont respond then not much you can do

Take your 3 yr old on a scooter and carry it back home like almost every other parent does?
BTW, what would you do if there was no buggy park at the school - like many schools?

Why can't you just take the buggy home?

I know you have a solution, BUT, just a thought....what about one of the decentscooters with Pneumatic wheels. Put youngest on it and like drag them along to school on it. Then you can WHIZZZZ home on it for the meeting?

Some rules are batshit. I don’t know why you’re being given a hard time. Some schools are solution driven, some schools aren’t. It’s really odd that there’s nowhere to leave scooters etc too. Mornings with little ones are stressful enough, without withholding minor conveniences provided by most schools.

Can you get an adjustable scooter?

I used to have a two mile walk to get to my daughter's pre school and needed to finish work on the dot to make it.

On the days I'd run over I'd take her scooter (globber three wheeler) with handle bars lifted up and scoot there then she'd come back on it.

You look a tit but who cares! It's quicker on a scooter than walking.

I often ran with a buggy with a child still in it. Off course she can run back with the buggy, she just doesn't want to

So does no one cycle or scoot to school then? As you say, it's not practical for parents to be dragging potentially multiple items back and forth with them.

I wonder if they are being left in a space that's outside of the school grounds, and you could similarly use it for your buggy?

I would get a lightweight pre school carrier and take it with me to work afterwards. You can get a size 3 Integra/Connecta fairly cheaply on Vinted.

But she can set* off 12 minutes earlier? What’s preventing her? A troll under the bridge who requires that she only leave 13 mins before 🤣

A couple of practical suggestions:

1. could you have the three-year-old any compact back sling? A preschooler size one should do it, and you just put it in your bag after.

2. could you get a really really cheap pushchair that you don't care about, and use a bicycle lock to chain it to some railings near bikes? It might get nicked or removed, but if it only cost you a ten a second hand it's cheaper than booking them in breakfast club all the time. It depends if you've got somewhere suitable you can abandon it each day! My kids school is next to a playground, so it's pretty easy.

Ours banned bikes and scooters because too many kids were riding without helmets