the whole thing its fubar!! i think its disgusting you get fined for taking your kids out of school at that age!! i can understand if there doing gcse exams or something but at 6 years old 2 weeks out is not going to hurt!! makes me mad!!!:Arghh:
This absolutely sucks! I've been priveliged to meet and chat with John on many occasions and know what a devoted father he is. He wouldn't have done it if it were to affect his daughter's education. I'm sure that he won't miss the money but he's absolutely right though, the cash should go to the school
In Derbyshire quite a few have been sent to prison for the same offence ( possibly repeat offences) not sure of the fine detail. The schools report the offenders to the local authority who then take action. Steve
There exist a few neglectful parents who deprive their children of an education by keeping them away from school for large parts of the year, or permanently. Unfortunately catching those, and taking action against them, is difficult and complicated so it rarely happens. So it's much easier to target conscientious parents who have taken their child out of school for only 5 or 10 days out of the 190 days schooling per year, and taken them somewhere educational.
True. And I suspect you're referring to fucking gypsies. Sadly, your theory applies to the tax paying hard working section of our society.
Pete summed it up, ~good~ intentions but very badly implemented and like much our halfwit politicians dream up, the only purpose it serves is to piss normal decent people off and add cost to society. I doubt the 'fines' brought in covers the administrative costs.
No. I'm referring mainly to children who are physically or sexually abused, or subjected to genital mutilation, or forced into underage marriage, or religiously radicalised - the parents keep the children off school because otherwise they will be found out. Gypsies, by contrast, are famously and meticulously protective of their children A case of a child who is away for a few days and then returns to school afterwards is easy to follow up, as in McGuiness's case. A child who disappears from school and is never seen again is taken off the school register, the school is no longer responsible, and nobody knows what has happened to them. Maybe their family has moved away or abroad. Maybe they're in a cellar somewhere being beaten and raped. Who knows?
