School Run To Be Outlawed?

[EDDIE51]

A London council is fining parents for driving their kids to school, is this the beginning of the end for 'School Run Mum' (and Dad)?
https://www.petrolprices.com/council-fine-parents-driving-kids-school/

[dannyk13]

More walking needed..

[pixie374]

Clearly some can't though- as they drive. Parents going off to work etc...

[pixie374]

This is actually a massive responsibility for the school. What happens if a child got killed or injured on the way to school? The school could be directly accountable now.
I wish they would stick to their job of education and leave the parenting to the parents.... what they eat, haircuts, clothing, vaccinations, weighing, measuring...

[hc4361]

A huge responsibility for the council, not the school

[pixie374]

Yes- ok x

[hc4361]

If the council is serious about this they will ensure there are enough buses on enough routes, all with conductors.

[anotheoldgit]

hc4361

Yes I agree the council should provide special school buses, just like the yellow American ones.

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[jno]

yes, jno jnr lived more than a mile from his school (which is the nearest one). Any parents who told a six-year-old to walk a mile in rush hour London would need their heads examined (and indeed might face charges). We drove him until he was about nine.

[Garaman]

The council should invest in a fleet of black marias to ferry them to and fro whilst keeping the public safe.

[cassa333]

Depends on the age range of the children. It does also depend of how far people live from the school or if there are reasons to collect, such as going somewhere else after school but as a general rule I would say Seniors can walk or catch the bus unaccompanied cars not needed, juniors can also walk but may need to be accompanied and infants will always need to be accompanied.

I live in a cul de sac that has a senior school at the end and it is a nightmare. We don't go out when they are due in or at the end of the school day. We had restricted lines put on the road but because there are only about half a dozen parking inforcement officials they only come round once a year so no point in having lines. The school also stopped cars going in or out of the school at these times. They have a huge car park as well so it has just pushed the problem out into the community.

For the most part it is laziness. The school buses even wait in the school so there is not much excuse.

[New Judge]

Yest another reason why local authorities should be abolished.

Leaving aside the practicalities of enforcing such a ban, just what else do this interfering busybodies want to involve themselves in next?

I'll tell you what; yesterday I read another local authority plans to charge parents £2 a day "corkage" for allowing pupils to eat their own lunch in school. This is to cover "cleaning and supervision" costs. So, a tenner a week to allow little Johnny to eat his peanut butter sandwich. They simply don't know what aspect of people's lives to involve themselves in next.