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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »Your Christmas activities sound lovely
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I still can't believe how much your school extort from parents :mad:.
Enjoy your Christmas film.
This.
It is flipping exortian.:mad:I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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£45 :eek: I really can't get my head around a school asking for that amount of money and I see there's still more to go their way. It's daylight robbery.
I can't remember paying to go and see Nativity plays and the Christmas grotto was £1.50 when DS left a couple of years ago. Does the money raised go towards something for the children? I was on the PTA and we used the money to sub school trips and everybody got a discount off the price of the pantomime they all went to. It differed every year depending on what was raised but the point was it went back to the children and parents in some way or other.
Glad DD was well enough for school today. Hope she stays that way so she can enjoy all the fun things that are happening.
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Does that mean school weren’t helpful with reducing costs etc? XxDebts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
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Not at all Lucky they actually made me feel awful
Apparently because the trip is 'fun' not really educational then it's optional. Basically don't pay - don't go.
Teafor2 as they are an academy they don't receive as much state funding. So they seem to want money every week from parents to cover things. Most things I really don't mind like snack etc or like this morning towards the craft items etc. I just think sometimes it's a bit much all at once.
This morning was lovely. It was well worth the £2. We made quite a lot of crafty things and as you had to pay to stay and play not many did so we really got to enjoy everything.
I don't really have anything else to say. Other than the £2 to school today was a NSD.“Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”0 -
Not good re school making you feel bad
. Sorry to have encouraged you to ask Xx Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
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Wow. That is truely dire.
That is discriminaion.
Pure & simple :mad:
If I was nearer I would be there fighting your corner.
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The school shouldn't make you feel bad, talk about insensitive :mad:. There really is no excuse for not helping less well off families, wherever their funding is from :mad:.Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
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Any news on youngest's DLA?I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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It's terrible that school made you feel bad for asking about the money. I can't understand the lack of compassion and understanding shown to people these days. Your craft session sounds really nice though. I bet DD was super excited to have you in school doing something with her 0
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I would have asked school anyway lucky, or I'd have explained I couldn't afford it all in one go. At least asking made them aware it's a struggle for some of us and I wasn't the only one in the office saying the same thing.
Not yet Beanie, I tried to call today but who I needed to speak to wasn't available. Going to try again tomorrow
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