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School tours becuse of architecture

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Gushpanka · 28/09/2018 08:54

Would you be happy if your kids' school was offering tours to strangers to admire the architecture?

My kids' school is an architecturally unique listed building. The school has started offering tours to people to see the building (inside and out). These are happening during school hours. Visitors are taking pictures, guide told parents talking to be quiet and generally strangers wandering around the building.

Would this be ok with you or should they be limited to out of school hours? Im not so comfortable with this - it's a school, not museum.

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Trampire · 28/09/2018 09:18

It wouldn't bother me tbh. I would hope it would make my Dc appreciate the building they're learning in.

They're guided tours. I don't get any 'danger'. Can you express exactly what it is you let not comfortable with?

Trampire · 28/09/2018 09:19

*youre not comfortable with.

anotherangel2 · 28/09/2018 09:21

I hope the school are charging money to make it worth while to them otherwise I would be wondering how they can afford for staff to give up time to do this. This assumes it is a state school.

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Urbanbeetler · 28/09/2018 09:21

Guided tours are fine. Adults without dbs clearance and id recorded not fine.

What do you think the risk is with the escorted tours?

Urbanbeetler · 28/09/2018 09:21

I mean adults unaccompanied

GoodbyeSummer · 28/09/2018 09:40

It is one way for the school to raise much needed funds for the upkeep of such an old building.
It wouldn't bother me so long as they're not interrupting lessons.

Gushpanka · 28/09/2018 09:56

They're taking photos, wandering the corridors. Its guided but not closely supervised.

Im on the fence - I'd rather not have though - but a lot of parents are upset.

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Gushpanka · 28/09/2018 09:56

Its private school

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