School uniforms with logos are a rip off
A letter from our local rag (Worcester Gazette)caught my eye…
John Brayne from Redditch wrote:
“I felt the need to write regarding the huge financial burden placed on financially hard-pressed parents.
A new trend since the days of my sensible schooling is to have the school logo on each of the items that the children need.
Asda and Tesco both sell sensibly priced school uniforms, which unfortunately for most parents in Redditch are unsuitable because it seems the schools have latched on to a good money-making idea.
At a time when we are being encouraged like never before to recycle almost everything because this planet’s resources are becoming ever more scarce and global warming is never more evident, surely it’s high time this money-makng idea was scrapped althogether so more of the items can be recycled.
I was offered a purple book bag by my nieces, nothing wrong with it apart from my daughter attends Vaynor school and the book bag on offer had Oakhill splashed all over it!
If the schools really don’t want parents to believe that they are ripping us off then why not have the common sense to introduce iron-on or stitch-on logos. These would easily be transferable year in year out.
Another initiative they could show is to introduce the same colour uniforms to all first schools, then maybe a different colour for all middle schools and so on.
People with older children in the family who attend different schools would then be able to put redundant school items to good use for their other children.
If any other financially hard-pressed parents want to get in touch about this so that we can start campaigning against this unfair system please feel free to do so.”
13 Northside Close
Oakenshaw
Redditch