Parents drunk at school events
Posted by schoolspirit on 27 April, 2008
Found this little article in the paper today. I found it in the Herald Sun, but this link will take you to the Australian newspaper site instead. It doesn’t matter though – it’s the same article written by the same bloke. I just couldn’t find it on the Herald Sun’s website. Anyway… seems there’s a blight of school children’s parents drinking at school fetes and similar school events. Worse, their buying their alcohol from the school itself as fundraisers and generally getting themselves blind as the day carries on. All very education behaviour for the kids to see, isn’t it? Well…
Where are all these schools that are doing this??
I mean, we have to go through School Council and get their approval several weeks in advance if we even consider selling soft drinks or fruit boxes or even the odd hotdog day! How on Earth can any school with these sorts of contingencies legally be allowed and capable of selling alcohol to parents while the kids are there? We’ve had our share of trivia nights and things like that where alcohol has been available, but on those nights kids aren’t brought along, are they? The school needs to actually get hold of a liquor license for the night to be able to hold things like this as well.
Yet… apparently there is a scourge of primary schools selling alcohol to parents because otherwise they wouldn’t come to their fetes and so forth.
Surely if this was going on we’d hear about it outside of the newspaper rags, wouldn’t we? I’m pretty sure if any of the schools around our district tried pulling a stunt like that the rumour mill would be working overtime and we’d have heard about it before the first tinny was knocked back!
Honestly, if things like this are happening, then come out and name the schools. Don’t make a blanket statement tarring us all with the same brush. I mean, we’re not even allowed to sell icypoles without a permit any more!
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April 27th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Probably a good 25% of the fundraising junk mail I receive in my position as Fundraising coordinator at the PreSchool is for alcohol related items. WTF? We are a preschool.
Yet Colgate refused to send me info on a toothbrush/toothpaste fundraising combo because we are a PreSchool and the toothpaste is for ages 6+.
The world is a crazy, freaky place.
April 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
They used to do that at FB’s old school, during the annual school fete (and pretty much any other get together they held).Not a pretty sight for some of us sober mums!
Got some homework for you to correct over on my blog, btw
April 27th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
You’re kidding me, aren’t you? There are schools actually getting away with this? While we need permission in advance to offer a pizza lunch day to raise money ourselves? I haven’t heard anything like this happening out here. Maybe it’s a metropolitan thing and not happening out here then, which I’m glad for our sakes at least. Wonder if they’re private schools… they don’t have to run on all of the same government rules as we do.
I still find it hard to believe this sort of thing is widespread. I seriously hope not.