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If anyone thinks I'm overreacting here, please tell me. Maybe I'm just over-sensitive since my kids still aren't totally comfortable at the school. But you know, neither am I, and I think that they aren't taking as good care of my kids as they should be. And they're getting the best part of £10,000 per annum to do it. (ok, that bit's not relevant to the current situation, but it just slipped out)

To make sense of my response, I've copied the email I got today before mine...

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 10:47:43 AM, you wrote:

AB> Dear Mrs Alison Toni,
AB> Thank you very much for your kind email and suggestions. I am
AB> adding here , after my email our "ECC After School Activities Procedures".
AB> We are very sorry for the inconvenience and problems of the first
AB> days in After School Activities and we are working hard to improve them all.
AB> Thank you very much for your understanding and support.
AB> With kind regards
AB> AB
AB> ASA Coordinator

AB> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AB> ECC After School Activities (ASA) Procedures.

AB> 1. Homeroom teachers will check ASA list daily and will remind their students.
AB> 2. Homeroom teachers will escort children to the to the
AB> corresponding ASA activity @ 2:30 p. m.
AB> 3. ASA leaders should be at the designated meeting spot no later than 2:30.
AB> 4. ASA leaders should have the list of students and check
AB> attendance together with the class teacher.
AB> 5. Homeroom teachers will inform ASA leaders when a student is absent.

AB> AB MT
AB> ASA Coordinator ECC Coordinator

Hello,

Thank you for this. I am also interested in seeing the procedures for
when things *do not* go to plan. What you have given me below is how
things should be done, I want to know what procedures should be in
place when episodes like Monday's happen.

I'd also like to make clear that the "inconvenience" was the least of
my worries, my children being in distress is the real issue.

Many thanks,

Alison

Aargh. And each of these emails has been copied to the elementary principal. He hasn't acknowledged my emails AT ALL. I understand that he wants his staff to deal with it, but I am asking questions about POLICY. That's not for his staff to answer. And no matter what, the courtesy of an acknowledgment is just good manners.

Aargh.

Nico and I had a great afternoon today. Thomas had computer club, but N finished at 2.25. We went and bought him a new pair of flashing trainers, a birthday present for S whose party he is going to tomorrow, then he helped me with the supermarket shopping. We came home with steaks, camembert, sausages, a new schoolbag, all chosen by him.

From next week, Thomas and I have Tuesday while N and I have Thursday for one and a half hours. I hope T and I can have as good a time. I love my boys together, but sometimes, having only one of them makes for such a nice time.

On another note, I had a totally crap experience at the hospital today for herceptin number 14, but Noreen had come with me to keep me companmy. The treatments had been going fine, the last 3 had been no problem at all. So a big thank you to fate that the one that turns out to be a disaster area is the first one in ages where I had compnay. Hopefully the next one won't be so bad, but Noreen is going to come anyway. It's a lonely 3 hours, so having company is great.

god I'm tired.