Hundreds of comments have been left on social media
Parents have taken to social media to complain about a school's policy on branded water bottles which were given to pupils at the start of the new academic term. It comes as parents say they will have to pay £5 to replace bottles with the Wilsthorpe School name if each bottle is broken or lost.
But the £5 replacement fee has been described as 'ridiculous'. Around 300 comments have been left by people on the Facebook page Spotted: Long Eaton to express their discontent.Many have cited the cost of living crisis as a reason not to charge people for replacement bottles, reports Derbyshire Live. And most parents say they feel they are being forced to use the new branded bottles.
Another person commented: "Absolutely ridiculous. My daughter's got knocked off the table and broken by another pupil [the] same day - no way I’ll be paying for a new one, don’t know how they can enforce it." And another said: "Thought the rules were stopping branding to make it easier for parents to afford school clothes etc."
"In addition, it directly supports students in Years 10-13 who are sitting mock or final exams, as exam boards insist on clear plastic bottles without printed labels. Students are free to bring an additional drinks bottle to school if they choose but, in classrooms, we ask that students use their Wilsthorpe bottles and that these only contain water."
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