'My son keeps getting detention for uniform violations - I can't afford to buy it'

A mum has admitted to sending her lad to schoolhouse successful the incorrect azygous connected intent arsenic she is incapable to warrant the outgo of buying him caller jumpers, shirts and a PE kit for conscionable 1 year

A mum has vented her outrage aft her lad was sent to detention due to the fact that helium showed up to schoolhouse successful the aged uniform.

She explained however her son's school introduced a caller schoolhouse azygous implicit with a caller jumper, shirts, and PE kit with "a fewer months' notice".

Previous to this, the children were allowed to deterioration their ain covering arsenic agelong arsenic it acceptable successful with the school's colour theme. However, the mum has continued sending her 16-year-old lad to schoolhouse successful the aged azygous arsenic she is incapable to spend a caller 1 connected her wage.

The mum said: "I'm connected fractional my mean wage with inactive bills to pay, children to feed, and mean monthly expenses. I cannot driblet £400 connected a caller azygous that volition lone beryllium utilized for a year. I can't spend oregon warrant not eating to beryllium capable to spend it.

"Circumstances person changed drastically and being retired of enactment for months with bills and different expenses." But successful response, the schoolhouse has been placing her lad successful detention and says they volition proceed to bash truthful until helium follows the azygous rules. She added connected Reddit: "The caller azygous is highly costly and I cannot afford to get it. They lone informed america astir this successful July and different parents are successful the aforesaid boat.

"I told the schoolhouse this, and I can't adjacent springiness my girl the azygous arsenic she is successful an all-girls school. The schoolhouse said I needed to get the caller azygous by September and each this year's add-ons. I said again, that I couldn't spend it and that past twelvemonth 1 would conscionable person to do. It's his last twelvemonth of secondary connected apical of each of that.

"I said either they tin supply the azygous oregon they tin beryllium quiescent astir him wearing the aged one. The main told maine that if helium doesn't person the caller uniform, there'll beryllium letters sent location constantly, my lad volition beryllium fixed detention and if helium doesn't be his detentions he'll beryllium suspended."

Reassuring her son, she said she would not punish him for skipping the detentions due to the fact that it's not his responsibility she cannot spend to bargain him the close uniform. Seeking advice, she has taken to Reddit to inquire users what she should bash successful this situation.

In response, 1 idiosyncratic said: "I would kick astir the azygous contented to the governors, PTA, council, etc. I don't deliberation it's just to marque you person to bargain a full caller azygous acceptable for 1 year. When the schoolhouse I taught astatine changed azygous we allowed twelvemonth 10 and 11 to support utilizing the aged benignant unless they chose to bargain new/needed caller ones anyway."

Another idiosyncratic added: " Your lad has done thing incorrect truthful helium deserves nary punishment. You’ve done thing incorrect either mum. This was due successful some situations."

A 3rd idiosyncratic besides commented: "This each reminds maine of the caller main astatine my son's simple school. She was convinced that uniforms were the reply to the kids problems (No parents astatine home, nary regular meals, homelessness, etc.). It took the PTA 2 years to get escaped of her and she went connected to beryllium a autobus driver."