Limo on last day of school

pinkladyof66

oh op i am pleased that your son wants to do something different please ensure you make it special for him

jellyhead

I'm pleased that your son's friends didn't deliberately leave him out

Spendless

jellyhead wrote: »

Year 6 is age 11. Last time I checked my own children were living below the poverty line. They've never been in a limo. Poor sausages

I looked up the price of an 8 seater in my area today, curious due to this thread. For a party this month they are offerring it at £95 for 1 hour, I have just one primary school birthday to get thru till I can send both of mine off with £20 in the direction of the bus stop to go cinema/skating with their mate :rotfl: so I thought about it for next year followed by a cake back at our house then stopped myself as I remember DD gets very travel sick.:o And I've realised the reason it's not very common to do this here as catchment is the main criteria for school places here, so the huge majority of kids go to the same high school so no need for them to disappear into the sunset at the end of the last day of yr6.

Lunar_Eclipse

kjmtidea wrote: »

I spoke to one yesterday and by the sounds of it, it was booked by groups of parents who are very good friends, the kids didn't have much say in it. So now her son is annoyed that he is in a limo with a couple of kids that he really doesn't like and he isn't in a limo with my son.

It's all booked and paid for them though so there isn't a lot they can do, it's not a simple case of squeezing my son in because the companies have strict rules. Also since a few people on this thread mentioned about doing something else and I made the suggestion to my son, he is really excited about having the opportunity to do something different

I wonder if your son is putting on a brave face though, and also how he will feel when it happens on the last day of term, when emotions are already running high and he's saying goodbye to his current peer group.

I think it's unfortunate that he's been excluded, but am more appauled that the other parents in the class aren't changing the plans. It is completely unacceptable for them to proceed as per the current arrangements, excluding two children from the class. If it was a smaller group I would understand. A simple factual e-mail to the parents who organised it/the whole class would be a good idea, in my opinion. Lots of the parents will want it rectified, if they know about it in time (which is why I think you should say something.)

The fact your son is happy to do something else is a life saver, but would be irrelevant to me at this stage. This is a key rite of passage for him, so I would try to rectify the situation in your shoes.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

kjmtidea wrote: »

I spoke to one yesterday and by the sounds of it, it was booked by groups of parents who are very good friends, the kids didn't have much say in it. So now her son is annoyed that he is in a limo with a couple of kids that he really doesn't like and he isn't in a limo with my son.

It's all booked and paid for them though so there isn't a lot they can do, it's not a simple case of squeezing my son in because the companies have strict rules. Also since a few people on this thread mentioned about doing something else and I made the suggestion to my son, he is really excited about having the opportunity to do something different

So you need to get to those parents and find out why they are specifically excluding your son! You can't let this drop, and they can't exclude two children because they aren't in the parents clique.

Treevo

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

So you need to get to those parents and find out why they are specifically excluding your son! You can't let this drop, and they can't exclude two children because they aren't in the parents clique.

They can and they have. And it's worth noting that the OP has no problem with another child being excluded so I find it strange how she's being pictured as somehow better than the other parents in this situation.

kjmtidea

Treevo wrote: »

They can and they have. And it's worth noting that the OP has no problem with another child being excluded so I find it strange how she's being pictured as somehow better than the other parents in this situation.

Please don't put words in my mouth, I have not said that I have no problem with another child being excluded. I said that it is understandable that the school bully got left out, he has picked on nearly every child in their year, my own son was in a&e last week because this child punched him.

Abbafan1972

My oldest daughter is in year 6 and I'm dreading this. I have heard something about a limo, but I don't know who organises it, whether it's the school or the parents.

It's all a waste of time and money imo.

jellyhead

kjmtidea wrote: »

Please don't put words in my mouth, I have not said that I have no problem with another child being excluded. I said that it is understandable that the school bully got left out, he has picked on nearly every child in their year, my own son was in a&e last week because this child punched him.

Ah, I was going to suggest you do something that includes the other boy. Perhaps not.

LannieDuck

kjmtidea wrote: »

I spoke to one yesterday and by the sounds of it, it was booked by groups of parents who are very good friends, the kids didn't have much say in it. So now her son is annoyed that he is in a limo with a couple of kids that he really doesn't like and he isn't in a limo with my son.

It's all booked and paid for them though so there isn't a lot they can do, it's not a simple case of squeezing my son in because the companies have strict rules. Also since a few people on this thread mentioned about doing something else and I made the suggestion to my son, he is really excited about having the opportunity to do something different

How much is your son's friend paying for the other limo? It may be an expensive solution... but could you offer to cover his share of the cost (from other posts this may only be £20 or so), and then you and his parents could arrange something for him and your son?