Necessary or over the top?

[bWize]

There was a planned non school uniform day this week for my youngest Sons school. He has just come home and told me that it has now been cancelled in-case someone wears a bomb vest/knives/guns etc.

I am all for security after recent events but just wondering where this all ends.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Couldn't they wear one anyway?

 

[clippedgull]

What sort of sicko parent would allow their kid to arrive at school wearing a bomb vest?

I would send mine as an armed police officer complete with balaclava!

 

[bWize]

Couldn't they wear one anyway?

Well you would think so... I am going to give the school a phone and ask them to clarify the reasoning behind it. To me it seems an extreme decision to use the recent attacks to stop a non uniform day.

 

[PeterOut]

I presume the school authorities mean a 'fake' bomb vest, rather than a real one?
What about in case someone wears a mankini, or 1000's of other inappropriate costumes / types of clothing? Is there nothing in place to prevent / respond to wearing other clearly inappropriate choices?
Ludicrous
(I also happen to think that a 'non school uniform day' is a daft idea too, but that is a whole different subject matter...)

 

[GT49er]

One has to wonder slightly if it is some kind of faith school.................

 

[bWize]

He just said they mentioned guns and knives could be concealed as well. As another poster pointed out, surely this could happen anyway with Coats/blazers on a normal school day. The only reasoning I could see behind it is if someone from outside the school came in disguised as a student. Even then they could just buy a uniform...

 

[bWize]

One has to wonder slightly if it is some kind of faith school.................

No it's a normal academy. Not in an urban area either.

 

[studio150]

There was a planned non school uniform day this week for my youngest Sons school. He has just come home and told me that it has now been cancelled in-case someone wears a bomb vest.

I am all for security after recent events but just wondering where this all ends.

I know some people are risk adverse but this is just stupid. I would have thought that most children would want to go dressed up as there favourite film or tv characters. there would a load of children dressed from Harry Potter, Batman or whatever.

I doubt that any would even consider going as an Urban Guerilla or wearing a bomb vest.

Expect that shortly the school will be running a lock down exercise , where the children all have to run, hide and stay silent for several hours in case a madman enters the school at some future date.

Whatever happened to the innocence of youth?

 

[PeterOut]

I really, really hope that either your son loves his school uniform so much that he is desperate to wear it that day, or that he is just on a mission to wind you up.

Please tell me that no teacher would seriously say that you can't have a 'non-uniform day' as it would improve your chances of smuggling guns and knives into school.

Maybe at the next teacher / parents evening you could discuss how to raise funds for metal detectors / full body scanners at every entrance?

 

[BLOCK F]

Bonkers.

 

[Wozza]

What sort of sicko parent would allow their kid to arrive at school wearing a bomb vest?

I would send mine as an armed police officer complete with balaclava!

 

[Fungus]

Definitely OTT.

 

[Justice]

The school are letting the terrorists win well done retards.

 

[Brok]

Madness.

 

[beorhthelm]

i'd consider pulling my boy out of school if they thought that was a reason to cancel mufti day*. its suggesting the school is unsafe. you should email the head with that point.


(* ironic name for it eh?)

 

[MattBackHome]

Sounds like bollocks to me.

 

[bWize]

Sounds like bollocks to me.

My Son has no reason to lie and I certainly wouldn't post it here if I didn't believe him. I have emailed the school as I want a reply in writing, will update when I get a response back.