Melissa Pope stated her 11 yr old daughter Layla Thomson was put into isolation and despatched home throughout her first day at Grace College in Gateshead
One mom has claimed her daughter was “handled like a canine” by workers at her secondary school all because of her designer shoes.
Melissa Pope stated her 11-year-old daughter Layla Thomson was put into isolation on her very first day at Grace College, in Gateshead, all for carrying Vivienne Westwood black pumps. The alleged incident shook the teenager so badly, her mum claims, that she is now refusing to ship her again to high school.
The 37-year-old mum from Carr Hill, Gateshead, claims that the college workers subjected the yr seven pupil to harsh remedy, forcing to take a seat on a tough wood ground for 4 hours with out being allowed to make use of the bathroom or have a drink. This has sparked outrage amongst mother and father, with many criticizing the college for sending pupils home for carrying branded footwear like Vivienne Westwood and Nike, ChronicleLive reported.
Melissa claimed Layla was pressured to attend till final for her lunch and compelled to put in writing out guidelines. She stated: “She was very upset yesterday. It was a horrible expertise for her, it was simply terrible. They made her sit on a tough wood ground for hours. She wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom and she or he wasn’t allowed a drink.
“There have been 41 different folks and principally she wasn’t allowed to go away. They made her write down guidelines saying why it was her fault she was in isolation – as a result of she hadn’t adopted the principles. She needed to watch the yr 9 (pupils) have their lunch – they needed to go final.
“She was solely allowed a pudding or a drink, she could not have each – regardless that I gave her the money for her college lunch. She acquired her lunch and pudding and realised she wasn’t allowed to have a drink. She was handled like a canine and that is not acceptable.”
Melissa, who works as a phlebotomist, additionally revealed that her daughter Layla was instructed she could not put on her Vivienne Westwood slip-on footwear on account of well being and security causes, because the shoe did not cowl the highest of the foot. The youngster spent most of Tuesday in isolation earlier than being picked up by her grandmother and now doesn’t need to return to the college.
Melissa stated: “She was carrying them for the final two years of main college and she or he did not have any issues. I feel it is only a energy factor. It’s a college, it is not a camp. They’re getting handled like they’re within the Army and they’ve to do that and that and put on this and that.”
Melissa has determined that her daughter will not be returning to Grace College because of the harsh remedy she obtained on her first day. “It acquired to the purpose the place it wasn’t even in regards to the footwear. I’ve not despatched her to high school at the moment, I’m going to try to get her transferred to a special college,” she added.
Grace College, alternatively, insists that pupils put on plain black college footwear devoid of vogue logos to make sure consistency throughout the school, defend college students from strain to observe traits, and keep security.
In a press release launched by the college, they stated: “Our college students and workers are having fun with a productive first week again in school and integrating into college life as we might count on. However, initially of the brand new time period there could also be a small variety of points to handle in any college.
“We reiterate the significance of making use of our guidelines constantly on points like uniform, not least for the overwhelming majority of households who’ve despatched youngsters to high school correctly attired this week, and to make sure that all college students really feel welcome, protected and free from any pressures.
“When college students must put a uniform concern proper, they’re given a chance to take action. We have a provide of top of the range new and practically new uniform in faculty that we are able to share with college students to help them to place this proper. When it isn’t attainable to place issues proper, we all the time contact mother and father to hunt their help in doing so. The faculty maintains a coverage of not commenting on particular person circumstances publicly, coping with these according to their complaints coverage the place points could be handled pretty and with applicable privateness.”
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