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oops i think i have unwittingly started a war with dd's school

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 14:09

i have certainly stirred some proverbial!

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lunamoon2 · 20/03/2009 21:18

Personally in this day and age I think all schools should be promoting environmental issues, such as cut down on waste, reuse, recycle, don't waste paper etc etc.
Perhaps a letter to the head pointing this out wouldn't go amiss.
If the school are strapped for cash then perhaps they should be trying to raise money via other methods.

elliott · 20/03/2009 18:52

I'm confused - is this a state school? I thought state schools weren't actually allowed to charge compulsory fees.

MrsFreud · 20/03/2009 18:31

How much are the fees though?

if you are counting cookery stuff as fees, they're not fees but understandable extras.

if that's all you pay then i wouldn't begrudge £6 for a good education. State schools need all the extras they can get. In fact I would pay the £6 and not take the mag.

ABetaDad · 19/03/2009 20:44

Ah I understand - I heard about one of these schools recently where a lot of parents had stopped paying the 'voluntary fee' because of the credit crunch.

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 19:44

i know this sounds like a rant about £6 , but of course it is the principal of the thing.
I just do not want the magazine.
and now this nonsense

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 19:43

classed as a 'voluntary grammar'
you pay for some things and the rest is voluntary.
However we do pay the volunatry bit too.

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 19:42

yes a small but noisy bit of the uk

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Quattrocento · 19/03/2009 19:41

It must be a feepaying school surely? I mean it charges fees ...

giantkatestacks · 19/03/2009 19:34

Are you in the UK OP? Also confused by paying grammar thing...

ABetaDad · 19/03/2009 19:32

Sounds like an unreasonable charge to me.

I do not understand how it can be a state grammar that is fee paying though.

duckyfuzz · 19/03/2009 19:25

not that that has anything to do with their ridiculous demands for money, I hasten to add!

duckyfuzz · 19/03/2009 19:24

ordinary grammars don't charge though, only private schools charge fees surely?

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 19:19

yes she brings in her own eggs and other ingredients.
it is not a private school- just an ordinary grammar. i will go with the theory that the school mag is printed by one of the governers companies. dh says he will not pay.
the bursar nade some very impertinent comments about our income and our ability to pay. he thinks we chose the school as it is perceived as being inexpensive compared with other schools in the area.
fucking accountant!. it never occured to him that i might have chosen the school on any number of criteria-like- oh- that dd wanted to go there, it has a good reputation,it is near us, I liked the teachers, etcetcetc
Duh! no i chose it cos the fees were 'cheap' and if i don't like it dd can fuck off

RANT ALERT!

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MarmadukeScarlet · 19/03/2009 18:54

I once demanded DD's school refund me £3 for afterschool clubs, DD had only been given half a term of said club was oversubscribed but they charged me for the full term.

I got it too.

MrsFreud · 19/03/2009 18:43

I can't believe that in 16 years they haven't thought to absorb £6 in the £13,000 that I'm guessing the fees are. It would cut down on admin if nothing else. How bizarre. Sounds like they need a wake up call.

Actually I can't believe they charge seperately for science/cookery equipment? do you have to bring your own eggs???

mamhaf · 19/03/2009 18:30

So, the bursar is prepared to lose a pupil and associated fees for future years over £6. I don't think so somehow.

janeite · 19/03/2009 17:26

Don't give in! Ridiculous that they are demanding this and as far as I know school fund type things can only ever be voluntary. Stick to your guns!

JeneferBarnes1 · 19/03/2009 15:59

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WhoTookMyMemoryStick · 19/03/2009 15:55

I bet you find that one of the school govs runs a printing business.

PlumBumMum · 19/03/2009 15:54

Stick to your guns cremola, thats the most stupid thing I've heard of, or tell them you can't afford it and you'll pay them 10p a week

MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 19/03/2009 15:50

Fgs for £6 - just pay it! Do you reallly have nothing more important to worry about?

WhoTookMyMemoryStick · 19/03/2009 15:48

I've always given the school mags back. Absolute load of old wank. I also don't buy the special drinking bottles that are part of the school kit and (as far as I know) am the only parent to rebel.

I think I must either look rough as a welders bench or really broke. When I went to the school uniform shop for the first time, I was immediately directed to the second-hand box. It's a talent.

Buda · 19/03/2009 15:24

Do you have the paperwork anywhere stating that it is compulsory? Otherwise I wouldn't have thought they could enforce it unless you have signed something agreeing to pay it.

MollieO · 19/03/2009 15:11

Surely glossy brochures should be included in the fees as self-hyping puff?! Ds's school ones are.

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 15:02

well i asked what would happen if I didn't pay it and he was very unforthcoming.he said if a child attended the school the bill was mandatory and it was a condition of admission that it should be paid.
I then asked him waht would happen next if I chose not to pay it-would dd be expelled- but i couldn't draw him out.
i siad i would be writing to the governers and may have to seek legal advice-which was a bit strong but i am feeling very principaled today.

FFS

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