[cherokee]

I was listening to radio 2 this morning but this was also on the news . and they were going on about how schools were appointing specialist outlets to sell their uniforms in order for the school to make money. it told how one girl got excluded from school because her parents couldnt afford the specialist shop prices so bought her child a jumper which was a differant shade of red.from a shop that was pricing them within her budget .. just how bad is that? and also schools putting parents over a barrel and forcing them into buying things like track suits with the school logo on it or a pair of socks with the school colour stripe on them ,costing about £4 a pair .and it goes on .. now having put 4 kids through school myself Iam all for the school uniform but wasnt it introduced to stop kids from being catorgorised..and help the low paid familys feel no different to the high paid ones .? but surely this is a good way for school s to bring back the whole im better than you thing and making a bloody mint in the process.. thank god that trading standards have picked up on it and are taking action before it gets out of hand