Doublespeak

[mudskipper]

Letter from son's school:

"Under the Education Reform act, the cost of the visit must be met by voluntary contributions. The visit can only take place if the parents of all participating pupils are prepared voluntarily to meet the full cost. There is no obligation to pay the voluntary contributions, but we must make it clear the trip will not take place if you do not."

[stek]

Letter from son's school:

"Under the Education Reform act, the cost of the visit must be met by voluntary contributions. The visit can only take place if the parents of all participating pupils are prepared voluntarily to meet the full cost. There is no obligation to pay the voluntary contributions, but we must make it clear the trip will not take place if you do not."

I had that, something like;

I authorise my child blah blah to attend xxxxxx and I enclose my voluntary contribution of yyyyy...

[Gittins Gal]

There was a terrible one highlighted in a newspaper recently in which the school sent out a letter informing parents that, as part of a religious studies field trip, the children were to visit a Moslem community centre and that the action of any parent withdrawing their child from the event would be treated as racist and it would be recorded against that child in his/her record.

I'm reading 1984 at the moment and, while it would be clichéd to comment on the parallels, one can't ignore the prescience of the author.

[Bunk]

There was a terrible one highlighted in a newspaper recently in which the school sent out a letter informing parents that, as part of a religious studies field trip, the children were to visit a Moslem community centre and that the action of any parent withdrawing their child from the event would be treated as racist and it would be recorded against that child in his/her record.

I'm reading 1984 at the moment and, while it would be clichéd to comment on the parallels, one can't ignore the prescience of the author.

Link? Because it sounds like the usual Wail tulipe.

I'm starting to see the point of this sockie.

[sasguru]

Link? Because it sounds like the usual Wail tulipe.

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Not even the Wail would make up crap like that. Shirley?

[vetran]

we had the same, they wanted £15 for some graffiti workshop (on the last few days of term), we refused (with a few others) and the school had to arrange cover so the teachers couldn't go Xmas shopping. They weren't amused.

The workshop was allegedly rubbish.

Of course if you get free school meals then you don't have to contribute.

[Gittins Gal]

Link? Because it sounds like the usual Wail tulipe.

I'm starting to see the point of this sockie.

It probably was the Mail. Let me do some digging.

[mudskipper]

we had the same, they wanted £15 for some graffiti workshop (on the last few days of term), we refused (with a few others) and the school had to arrange cover so the teachers couldn't go Xmas shopping. They weren't amused.

The workshop was allegedly rubbish.

Of course if you get free school meals then you don't have to contribute.

This is an optional trip abroad during the summer holidays, so not part of the curriculum. Seems ridiculous that the school can't just say "The trip costs X".

[Sysman]

This is an optional trip abroad during the summer holidays, so not part of the curriculum. Seems ridiculous that the school can't just say "The trip costs X".

That's what my skool used to do,

The trip costs x.
Recommended money for souvenirs etc y.

Summat like that anyway.

[eek]

we had the same, they wanted £15 for some graffiti workshop (on the last few days of term), we refused (with a few others) and the school had to arrange cover so the teachers couldn't go Xmas shopping. They weren't amused.

The workshop was allegedly rubbish.

Of course if you get free school meals then you don't have to contribute.

Not quite. Technically everyone should pay, but a school would dive into the pupil premium fund for the trip..

As someone who has spent years as a school governor (specialising in finance) the rules are a cackhanded nightmare (you can't demand money, but equally and technically you cannot spend money from the school's budget).