PARENTS parking cars near schools, it needs stopping

[Cyclone]

Don't agree with that I have to say. My parents chose a school about 2 miles away, as opposed to the one literally at the top of the road, because it was the better school. Once I was old enough, I walked most days, or caught the bus which dropped me a mile away at a friend's house, and we walked from there.

 

It was pizza and beer that contributed to my obesity!

 

People will always choose the better school though, that's my point. If they have the option between failing school A up the road, and successful school B two miles away, it's common sense to choose B, as all parents want the best for their children.

 

If they had no choice then the children would walk up the road to the closer school and less people would be driving.

There shouldn't be any "failing" schools.

[Andy1976]

If they had no choice then the children would walk up the road to the closer school and less people would be driving.

There shouldn't be any "failing" schools.

 

There shouldn't, I agree.

 

But there are. And there are alternatives that aren't failing within a couple of miles. Case in point, compare Meadowhead to Newfield Green. For infants and juniors, compare Annes Grove to Broomhill Infants. There's literally a couple of miles between them, but a world apart in terms of performance.

 

Thankfully, parents do have a choice. I totally agree there shouldn't be failing schools, but there certainly are. There shouldn't be many things that exist on the planet, but until we have a utopia, there's not much we can do.