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To be a bit annoyed with DD's school?

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Janel85 · 06/09/2017 10:58

I'm just wondering if I am being unreasonable to feel a little bit miffed this morning.

Phoned up Dd's school this morning as she is due to have a home school visit ahead of starting reception next week, chance to meet her teacher one on one etc.

She is going to school a 20 minute drive from where we live, basically we were in the conveyancing process on a house in the village where the school is and the house fell through, we are currently trying to find another buyer and another house in the village etc.

The school is aware of our situation. Anyway months ago we filled out a form to arrange this home visit.

I received a letter back a few weeks ago to say what time the teacher is coming Friday, in a moment of self doubt I wondered had I put in brackets that we would be living at the new address in the village by then, so stupidly I phoned the school to check, at which point the receptionist asks me where I live and how far away it is.

She tells me the teacher can't come out to us because she has other visits booked that day and it's too far, I said to her well where did the teacher think she was coming to on Friday then?

She says she doesn't know, I said you've sent the confirmation letter to my current address? Again the receptionist says she doesn't know and tries to get me off the phone.

I said ok look if you can't come out to us then can we come to the school instead? She doesn't know and will call me back, she hasn't.

I am quietly fuming, where they just not going to turn up? We're going away on holiday for a few days before school starts on Friday and we're leaving late because of this visit.

I know it's my fault for ringing up and creating this situation but I just wanted to make sure that I hadn't, in a moment of madness, put down the house address we were buying (and I definitely didn't because I asked the receptionist what new address she had for us and she didn't have it at all!)

OP posts:
WaxOnFeckOff · 06/09/2017 15:00

My views are probably coloured by my poor experiences with school office stuff. Appreciate that there may be some good efficient staff out there that make the ocassional mistake like us all, but I've never come across any.

I could spend half a day going over all the issues I've had, you honestly couldn't make it up.

minoandolphin · 06/09/2017 15:27

Of course it's lacking manners. Mistakes happen, of course - but from what you've said OP, the person you spoke to didn't apologise for the error, tried to get you off the phone, and just kept saying they didn't know to the questions you asked.

They didn't make any attempt to rectify the situation, didn't even consider your idea of going to meet them at the school. It's just plain rude; regardless of whether home visits are worthwhile or not, point is, it's part of this schools process which all the other kids are getting and yours isn't.

All because of some administrative screw-up on their part which they haven't apologised for or tried to fix. So no, YANBU to be annoyed.

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