Guest guest Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Article I just read about a bright young 11 YO with dyspraxia who was kicked from his school for wearing regular shoes that didn't have to be tied (I happen to have a son that at 11 still had trouble with that -and Radcliffe in the media more recently reported he still has issues with it)...so speaking of dyspraxia! I just tried to tweet to Radcliffe's people this story (don't think himself is on Twitter) Whitstable pupil sent home from school for wearing the wrong kind of shoes An 11-year-old boy who suffers from dyspraxia and cannot tie his own laces was sent home from school because he was wearing the wrong kind of shoes. Oliver Groves was given his marching orders, along with around 20 other pupils, at the Whitstable Community College, on the first day on the new term after falling foul of its newly re-enforced school uniform policy. But Oliver’s mother, Terasa Groves, is furious that his black s shoes, which have sticky straps instead of laces, were deemed unsuitable. She says he wore them last term without complaint. She had to collect her son from the school on Monday. Speaking from her home in Newton Road, Whitstable, she said: “I think the school’s treatment of Oliver has been disgusting. He is on record as being one of the most well-behaved children with a 99 per cent attendance record. Being sent home has really upset him and me. “He has to wear shoes which have straps because of his disability, but they are plain, black ones from s and were quite expensive. I bought them for him last September and he has been wearing them without any problems. “But I was told by one of the deputy heads that they were not allowed because they resemble trainers and are known as 'strainers’ †" but it’s not a term I have heard of before. " Head teacher Helena Sullivan-Tighe said: “The college’s summer uniform is available for students to wear from this term. This has been the same policy for the past three years. “All students were reminded in mini school assemblies before the Easter holidays about expectations. All parents were also written to as a reminder. " http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/april/23/wrong_shoes.aspx ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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