JCrakers
06-03-2014, 02:05 PM
My local school holds a breakfast and after school club in the hall and now has a new 'walking to school bus' which is basically 2-4 parent helpers picking up children along the roads and walking them with Hi-Vis jackets down to school. It's separate from the club and it sounded like a great idea and I knew although the breakfast and afterschool club DOES affect my business I knew the walking bus wouldn't.
It started just after xmas and to start with there were 4 parents and a school helper walking about 16-20 kids down to school. It's free which is great as parents just take their children to the meeting points along the road to be picked up. I don't think its aimed at working parents but just to stop the traffic building up and getting the children to walk to school.
Week after week it's dwindled down to 3 children this morning with 3 adults which is a shame as these adults/parents give up their time and obviously parents have got a bit fed up with it after 8 weeks or so.
It's all fine with me until the children I walk to school see it as some sort of competition which is quite embarrassing at times. :rolleyes:
It started just after xmas and to start with there were 4 parents and a school helper walking about 16-20 kids down to school. It's free which is great as parents just take their children to the meeting points along the road to be picked up. I don't think its aimed at working parents but just to stop the traffic building up and getting the children to walk to school.
Week after week it's dwindled down to 3 children this morning with 3 adults which is a shame as these adults/parents give up their time and obviously parents have got a bit fed up with it after 8 weeks or so.
It's all fine with me until the children I walk to school see it as some sort of competition which is quite embarrassing at times. :rolleyes: