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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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GossipMonger · 19/03/2009 14:53

I would stick to my guns and not pay it!!

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 14:52

well that was a bit awful
the bursar phoned and started into a 'set piece' about the school fees being very low and that the governers had decided 16 years ago that the magazine would be a compulsory purchase for all parents.
i stuck to my guns and said it was ridiculous sending me something that would end up in the recycling and would cost me £6
i also said it would be fairer to actually ask parents if they wanted to buy it instead of presuming and charging them anyway.
he didn't take the point but kept saying that it was a prerequisite for parents who sent their child to this school, that all the fees were compulsory.
Feel like I have been in a welter weight fight with a moron

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newnamer · 19/03/2009 14:28

cremola - is this an independent school, surely the school magazine is covered in the general fees?

MayorNaze · 19/03/2009 14:26

hyave you signed A Contract of any kind? stick to your guns - £6? i owuld expect an exclusive with gordon brown for that kind of dosh

dragonbutter · 19/03/2009 14:24

how odd.
surely they can't make you buy something you don't want?

troublemaker

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cremolafoam · 19/03/2009 14:20

the school sent us the annual bill in October
it reads:
Science and Home Ec. Materials £10
Other materials: £36
School Magazine £6.00

so we paid for the science and other materials (£46) , but thought well we are not really going to read the school magazine ( which last year had pages of photos of sports teams, none of which dd are in) so lets not pay for that-
save a bit of the ever dwindling cash on something that will go straight i the recycling not to mention the cutting down of trees etc etc

Nasty letter from bursar this morning demanding the £6
ihave just phoned the school to be told by 'the secretary' that the purchase of The Magazine is COMPULSORY! (hA!!!)
I told her that I didn't wat to buy it thankyou.
She says THE BURSAR will contact me by phone directly.

Oh arse

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ajandjjmum · 19/03/2009 14:14

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dragonbutter · 19/03/2009 14:13

go on then cremola..what have you been up to?