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School fines parents £1 for every 5 minutes they are late picking their children up
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Terry_Dactil
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Quite right too. That'll learn em 
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/school-fines-parents-if-late-picking-up-their-children-115315386.html
Holy Trinity C of E Primary, in Gravesend, Kent introduced the new rules this week to try to tackle after-school lateness, and will target those picking up their children just ten minutes late - anytime after 3:40pm.
The move, which will reportedly also see teachers calling the authorities if pupils aren't collected before 4pm, hasn’t gone down well with all parents, with some claiming the policy punishes less well-off families.
https://uk.yahoo.com/style/school-fines-parents-if-late-picking-up-their-children-115315386.html
Holy Trinity C of E Primary, in Gravesend, Kent introduced the new rules this week to try to tackle after-school lateness, and will target those picking up their children just ten minutes late - anytime after 3:40pm.
The move, which will reportedly also see teachers calling the authorities if pupils aren't collected before 4pm, hasn’t gone down well with all parents, with some claiming the policy punishes less well-off families.
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I spell the word in bold "p u n c t u a l"
Chess club ?
Science club ?
Sounds like free babysitting.
Of course if a parent is so lackadaisical it cant turn up on time, I'm guessing it wont be paying any invoices.
Reading the link it says the Head closed the after school club because it wasn't making any money.
I'm torn here; parents have a duty to collect their kids on time, but if the school removed the after school club it's almost asking for this sort of thing to happen. How early should parents leave work in order to compensate for traffic?
It could be selective editing in the article and simply that it wasn't making enough money to cover the cost of laying it on.
I wouldn't expect an after school club to make a profit but I also wouldn't expect it to make a loss.