School considers banning scooters after complaints (From The Argus)
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Worthing school considers banning scooters after complaints
5:10pm Thursday 1st November 2012 in News
Sussex has a new road menace – and the culprit is 3ft nothing.
Scooters have proved such a problem in an area of Worthing that children could now be banned from scooting to school.
Thomas A Becket Middle School in Glebeside Avenue is considering banning scooter use because of complaints from residents.
Headteacher John Gadd has written to parents urging them to make sure their children use the toys safely.
He said: “We have received a number of complaints about some of the children who scoot to school.
“Please talk with your child over the half-term break about safe scooting.
“Unless this improves I may have to say that children cannot scoot to school, for their own and other road users’ safety.”
Earlier this year children from two Brighton schools were banned from riding scooters at school.
Moulsecoomb Primary School in Lewes Road prohibited the two-wheeled scooters from the playground because of health and safety fears.
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Comments(8)
JuliaM
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6:51pm Thu 1 Nov 12
If they are scooting to school on public streets, there's nothing he can do to 'ban' it!
Maxwell's Ghost
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8:05pm Thu 1 Nov 12
Worthing is full of old miseries.
Misery-on-Sea.
sussexram40
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9:11pm Thu 1 Nov 12
JohnRS
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10:17pm Thu 1 Nov 12
He should focus on ensuing his pupils are literate and numerate, that's what we pay him for. Otherwise he needs to keep his mouth shut and realize he is not the local Safety Elf.
Hove Actually
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11:49pm Thu 1 Nov 12
JohnRS wrote:Well said.
It would appear that John Gadd has had a sudden rush of vacuum to the brain. His job ends at the end of the school day, his authority ends at the school gates.
He should focus on ensuing his pupils are literate and numerate, that's what we pay him for. Otherwise he needs to keep his mouth shut and realize he is not the local Safety Elf.
Sussex jim
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10:17am Fri 2 Nov 12
Perhaps they should move to a road with a secondary school; where the pupils walk to school and just shout obscenities, throw rubbish in their gardens, or damage their cars .
plantwoman
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10:27am Fri 2 Nov 12
wander1er says...
5:43pm Thu 1 Nov 12
Mum will have to drop them in via car then!