So Angry At My Son's School Right Now!!
By Rosie
@rosie230 (1696)
June 10, 2010 6:41am CST
Well I am here again for a rant, so apologies but wow, I am so angry at my sons school at the moment. The reason being, because he had volunteered himself to participate in a sports festival, which they were calling the olympics lol, with another school nearby. There was not many of them that had put their names forward in any case. Anyway basically a couple of weeks ago, he broke up for half term, he had a week off school. A letter (permission letter) was supposed to be given to those kids who were taking part in this festival, so that the parents could give the permission for them to go, as schools do. But he was never given one, along with another 3 kids. They were supposed to be back on monday 7th june.... Well I found out about this letter from him, and asked in the office for a copy since I never received one, and then filled it in... the following day I took the letter back to the office, and they told me it was too late!!!
WTF????? I was so angry and still am at them... especially as they admitted that because they have had so many letters to get out for upcoming school trips, that they may have missed a couple. Well that didn't help me. I had a heartbroken 9 year old boy, crying and in a right state over this, so much so he would not go into class.. I had to get his teacher to come out and get him to take him into class. As I said he was not the only one who never had a letter to bring home... the teacher also had to deal with 3 other kids that were also upset that they too cannot now go.
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@oldchem1 (8132)
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11 Jun 10
How awful.
This is really unacceptable, your poor son!
I can sympathise with your anger and frustration, I would be exactly the same myself.
The school should sort this that they can go, there is too much letter writing, and consent form filling in going on these days in school.
I hope your rant helped!
@rosie230 (1696)
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11 Jun 10
Yeah it did help... i do like a good rant... and it's nice that so many people agreed with my opinion of this.. believe me, some of us parents that kids were let down feel like sometimes we are in the wrong... but we definitely were not wrong this time. Well anyway... took him to school this morning, I could tell he was feeling a bit down at the prospect of watching the other kids go off for the olympics...but.... because it rained so hard all night and all morning, they had called the whole thing off!!!!! HAHAHA.... Justice for my son and the other 2 kids, and he went into class happy again!
@Comagirl (146)
• Spain
10 Jun 10
That sounds like the school have behaved really badly - by their own admission it's their own administrative systems at fault, and has lead to kids being treated unfairly. The ought to do something to put it right, because if some kids got the letters and others didn't, that's not on. They need to offer some kind of other treat for those left out. In my experience a few letters from school inevitably do go astray... but never ones about trips, parties or treats ;-)
Of course life isn't always fair, and your son is going to learn that as time goes on - but those are not the lessons his school is supposed to be teaching him.
@rosie230 (1696)
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10 Jun 10
Yep I agree, I am just unhappy that my son has had to deal with such dissapointment especially this early on in life, and he is a very emotional kid anyway, and this did not do him any favours. I spoke to the school and begged them to take him and the other kids, even told them what they should do, by saying that all it was, was a permission slip, so why could they just not phone the other school and tell them that there were another 3 kids who will be there. They admit it was their fault, but do nothing about it. Saying the deadline was missed, and there is nothing they can do about it now. Wrong attitude I think, especially for a school, who say they put the kids first.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
10 Jun 10
Hi rosie230. I would have been furious too if they had to never gave my son a permission slip at all. I know that the other kids were heartbroken over not going either. This is very sad and it is all of the school's fault.
They should have made sure that every permission letter was given out and accounted for. That way, every student that signed up with permission from their parents to go, could have went. I am very sorry that this has happened. I hope that in the future they are not so careless again. I know that if I saw the kids upset and sad it would have broken my heart.
They should have made sure that every permission letter was given out and accounted for. That way, every student that signed up with permission from their parents to go, could have went. I am very sorry that this has happened. I hope that in the future they are not so careless again. I know that if I saw the kids upset and sad it would have broken my heart.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
18 Jun 10
I too would be very upset if something like this was to happen to my daughter. Because of the fact that the missed letter was the school's fault and not your son's fault, I would think that the school should make an exception of the date that the letter had to be turned in by. If you got a copy of the letter and they didn't inform you that it would have to be filled out that very day, there is another reason that they should have let you get by with turning in your permissions the next day.
@undiesman (174)
• Malaysia
11 Jun 10
Woah what kinda retarded school is that.
And they made a 9 year old kid cry.They should be ashamed
@sleepylittlerose (1648)
• United States
10 Jun 10
Rosie call your local school board office. I bet this will be resolved immediately. The school board administration can contact the local principal and require them to extend the deadline based on their own admission of guilt. There is no call for their behavior and they are simply jerking these kids around. I know our local schools are required to take students on a field trip even if they do not turn thier forms in until the day of the trip. Thier rule is if they have a signed permission slip before the bus pulls out then they are on that bus.
@loniu7 (149)
• United States
10 Jun 10
What? OOO i would be livid! Your poor son! Im sorry! What a lame excuse! Oh i know that it is our fault but still he can't participate?
Sounds like they need to be a bit more organized. If they can't handle the simple task of organizing permission slips, how the heck can they organize the school?
I would definitely let my feelings known to the school staff and Principal. Volunteer my time if they can't handle pieces of paper being passed out let alone not even tell you the needed the form right away!
I am sorry good luck to you and your son!
