Random Irritations

[WorldHandicapSystem]

My daughter’s school has massively irritated me!

Both myself and her mum received an email just this evening. Congrats Miss M has been awarded a spot on our cultural trip to New York in October 2026, please pay the deposit of £1100 by 20th Jan and remaining balance of a further £1000 by 20th Feb, please see enclosed invoice and use Parent Pay app to transfer funds.

Neither of us had a clue about this trip, daughter wasn’t advised of it until today at school, but in the time she finished school and expressed an interest without being advised of costs, seeking our permission or timescales the school have sent us an invoice and added the outstanding balance to the app!!

We’ve just had to have a FaceTime call altogether to explain it’s not happening! I can afford my half but her mum can’t which is fair enough. Our daughter is a little upset but understands, but the way the schools gone about it has just bloody annoyed me!

It’s hard but find a way to send the poor kid. The experience and memories are worth making it happen.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

It’s hard but find a way to send the poor kid. The experience and memories are worth making it happen.

That's easy to say and completely overlooks the disgraceful situation in which the school has placed the parents, and the child.
That sort of issue should be dealt with confidentially with parents. As it is they've placed the parents and child in an embarrassing and distressing position.
I'd be bluddy livid and would be looking for a meeting, which it looks like LMS is not in a position to do.

 

[GreiginFife]

Spam Valley?

Outskirts of Dunfermline. Spam Valley would find an RS6 too base…

 

[Swango1980]

It’s hard but find a way to send the poor kid. The experience and memories are worth making it happen.

Yeah. Then send her to the Maldives for a couple of weeks. Forget the money, she'll love the experience