Town Talk No swearing
PARENTS of children attending Snodland CE Primary School in Roberts Road have been asked to mind their language near the school gate. Headteacher Holley Hunt said in
her newsletter: “One of our children who opens the gate at the end of the day has heard parents swear- ing. This was really upsetting for her and staff were shocked to have this reported back to them. “Please, can you think carefully
about the language you use at the school gate.”
Allotment offer
DO YOU not have room to grow vegetables and flowers in your own garden or perhaps you live in a flat? Snodland Town Council has va- cancies at its Catts Alley and recre- ation ground sites and more information can be obtained from the council at Waghorn Road or telephone 01634 240228.
Lighting way
AN All Saints’ Day Celebration of Light has been held at All Saints’ Church, Snodland. Allmembers of the congregation
were given a battery-operated can- dle and towards the end of the service they went outside to see the bonfire and eat hot dogs.
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Local news for Snodland and Halling
Parking call as children placed at distant schools
A MUM from Snodland has criti- cised education chiefs for failing to provide local places for school- children and the council for fining parents forced to drive them to school.
Lorraine Harvey walks her six-
year-old son to St Katherine’s in Snodland, but has growing sym- pathy for those forced to drive youngsters to allocated schools miles from home. She spoke out this week after writing to her MP to highlight the issue about parking problems at St Katherine’s that have seen parents hit with parking penalties. She said: “Councils are not able
to provide placements for all local children and are placing them out- side their areas. This is difficult for parents financially and practically. “Again today, I saw wardens put-
ting parking tickets on parents’ cars outside of the school.” She adds that with no provision for parking at the school, and parking restrictions outside the gates in force only dur- ing drop-off and collection times, parents are being targeted.
She claims: “Councils are lining
their pockets at the expense of the parents they cannot provide edu- cation for locally.” Miss Harvey says councils offer-
ing out-of-area school places, need to give greater consideration to parking provi- sion. She added: “Councils offer no help to parents about where they can park. It’s not the school’s fault, but staff end up in the firing line when chil-
Head Ruth Powell
dren arrive late or parents get a parking ticket.” She added: “I know this will not
be popular with residents, where parking is limited, but this is only for a short time in the day and what do they expect when they chose to live near a school?” MP Tracey Crouch refused to be drawn on the issue but said she
had received Miss Harvey’s letter and had written to Tonbridge and Malling Council. Its director of Street Scene, Robert Styles, denied parents were being targeted, stating enforce- ment officers “enforce against all vehicles in contravention of the parking restrictions, and do not tar- get specific individuals or groups”. He added: “The parking restric-
tions in St Katherine’s Lane are in- tended to help prevent obstruction at school times and to make the environment outside the school gates safer. Schools are actively encouraged to have initiatives for car-sharing and “walking buses” that assist with reducing parking near to school gates.” St Katherine’s head, Ruth Powell,
said the school had recently in- vested in banners and signs to pro- mote safe parking around the school and in the surrounding area. She added: “We actively encour- age parents to think carefully about their parking and continue to work with the community to improve road safety.”
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