School fines,

[lozz]

school rang my wife this week,
and said please can you pick up your son hes been sick,

no problem there we went straight away and collected him
wife told them she wouid leave him off school for a day, they said ok,

Weve just got aletter, at first ithought it was a parking fine, looks very simalar,
theyve fined me 50quid if paid soon if not goes to 150 quid,

thats for my son being off school for 1 day

this countrys fecked, ibet thats another one off cameron's money making scams

[plod]

WTF!!!

Our lad had an allergic reaction to latex gloves at the dentist, and the school insisted my wife leave work and pick him up in case he was infectious
Maybe I should charge them for lost earnings lol

[lozz]

Honestly thats what theyre doing,

fixed penaltys for kids having a day off!

Heard on the News last night about there plans to tell people to Move out of there house, and go find another one in another Town,!
what a joke, Move to another country wouid sound alot better,

[Bailes1992]

You have to pay it even though he was genuinley ill? What the absolute hell?

[lozz]

Yes we have to pay it,
even tho the mrs told them he wouidnt be in the next day, they had marked in as un Authorised,
apparntly you have to ring and inform them on the day they have off,

[scotty73]

So the fine is for the day after he was sent home sick? theres gotta be something that teacher can do? comp or junior school?

[lozz]

yes its for the day after,he was sick at school,
aparantly the school informs the council when ichild misses a day, for what ever reason,
there was someone there whos mother was frail and ill and asked the school if the kids couid have 3 days off whilst she goes on a visit,
was refused, she ended up fined ,

[scotty73]

My kids never miss a day but my eldests best friend is always off, she fakes illness, very often says mam i cant be arsed tomorrow it's gonna be boring and the mam says fine... she even had the day off three weeks ago because my daughter was out of school doing her grade 3 singing exam... she's done it for years and not once has she got in trouble for it.

One example of certain kids not getting away with it is my youngest last year it was a Friday and we had permission for her to have half day so we could go away for my wifes birthday, it just so happened there was a school assembly in the morning so i was there... she was called up for a singing award and the headmaster said (Lucy the whole school is proud of your achievement you'll be on stage one day i have no doubt).... But i'm appauled that you've come into school today not in uniform.

He made her look very small (she's only 10 now mind).... then he sees me stood at the back and said (oh sorry Lucy your going away today arent you i authorised it)

Ah stick that in your school cap ya bible bashing old fart 1-0 Lucy.

[Welly]

What the f*cking f*ck?

Write to them nicely, with an apology, but saying that in the rush of picking him up on the day your wife said she would keep him off the following day to be safe but assumed that would be noted. You didn't call-in the next day because you felt you had already informed them.

Again apologize for the oversight and ask if they could reconsider the fine in this instance. Noting also that in future you would make sure they were informed on the day of any absences. Note also, if you can, the attendance record so far (if it's pretty good) this will appeal to them being 'reasonable' under the circumstances.

Clearly if he's off school a fair few times in the term, or this has happened before, your're a bit knackered on this one

[lozz]

My son as not had much time off school , just the odd day and there as per normal of kids suffering with colds and flu,

ithink its because theres too Many Parents there who take the kids to school when they feel like it, so theyre trying to set examples,
Most days when idrop my son off you see women taking kids to school and there still in the pyjamas, they must drop them off and run home and jump back in bed,

the school is in middle of a Rough council estate so its not up to much, not that im calling council estates as iwas Brought up on one,
as of writing to the school with an Apology idont think itd work, theyd most probs put it straight in the bin,
with some of the stuff the teachers put up with ithink its sent them abit on the Arogant side,

[scotty73]

I think welly meant letter to the council, he's right too try it it's probably out of the schools control now anyway.

These pyjama mamas really make me cringe at 3.15pm yesterday i saw a gang of baby farms (as the wifey calls them) 5 women picking their kids up all nattering bollocks and 3 of them were in pyjamas.

[lozz]

thats what its like up here mate, kids pushing kids as they say,
one of the reasons inever bought my daughter a pram, itold her to play with cars, kept her away from prams,

[sirwiggum]

Sure you see women and they're going to the shops and queueing up the post office at 9am in their jammies!
No self respect.

Never heard of fines for absence.
When I was at school 87-2001, you brought a note in the next day saying why you were ill.

[scotty73]

Sure you see women and they're going to the shops and queueing up the post office at 9am in their jammies!
No self respect.

Never heard of fines for absence.
When I was at school 87-2001, you brought a note in the next day saying why you were ill.

maybe we rely on the telephone to much these days?

[lozz]

Yeah thats true that,
Mobile phones have took over, made people lazy,
icarnt find mine,ithink its under the big pile of dirty plates in the kitchen,


only joking,