Help! Who knows highest MOE official in-charge of Welfare?

[alishong]

HVR:

buds:

[quote=\"3Boys\"]Oh my, I was just dying to say this but scared I get :spank: !

I know! :evil:

You were definitely itching right?

3Boys:

The flip side is that distance should be the sole consideration for P-school priority admission and not the mumbo-jumbo of alumni/parent volunteer.

Yes.... buuuuutttt let's not go there orh.
We both know how you got in. :evil:

To be fair her/his dd used to study in a school near home but the child was selected for GEP and transferred to RGPS. There again, I think school transport has nothing to do with highest authority in MOE.[/quote]i will consider to move again ... 孟母三迁 hehe
b4 P1 move once
P3 move twice
sec 1 move third time

[jedamum]

alishong:

i will consider to move again ... 孟母三迁 hehe
b4 P1 move once
P3 move twice
sec 1 move third time

you have 1 kid?
i want to be 孟母, but cannot anyhow 迁 because relocation affects both kids (if they study different schools eg 1 sec and 1 pri/1pri n 1 presch, have to be somewhere middle ground and not too far from both).

[buds]

Funz:

I qualify first hor, I have no quarrels with the school or bus companies or MOE about the bus timing and such. I understand their contraints and all.


But just to say something about distance to school. I do not have any schools within 1 km and the schools within 2km are hot schools. So no choice I had to register DS in a school outside of 2km. So sometimes, it is not by choice that the kids end up in schools that are a bit further.

You had a choice of vying for top schools but you did not.
After which you made the choice to go out of the 2km, correct?
In DDs' previous school it's the same scenario for us. Hence when the
transport operator said they cannot do pick-ups beyond usual school dismissal
ie. CCAs and Supplementary lessons : no pick-up... we still continued there but i had
to bring baby sleeping in carrier rain or shine (cos it was sleeping time) when i needed
to fetch the girls from school in the afternoons or send DD2 for morning programs (she was in PM session then).

It was a hassle no doubt. But one i was prepared to make cos i wanted them to stay in that
school. :please: It had been worth all the trouble. My girls' had a wonderful time/experience
there and have great memories of the wonderful teachers, principal, staff and frenz there.
In fact, hubs and i also still have frenz from then.

Funz:

In ooioo case, her DD got selected for GEP and her choices of schools offering GEP from where she lives are all outside of 2km I guess.

Hence if willingly taking up GEP selection at the specific school choice, distance considerations and discussions has to be top priority mah, right? Once again it IS a choice.

[2ppaamm]

But I 迁many times, including out of Singapore! Back to ooioo, GEP branch has a counselor and welfare officer for every school. Call GEP and ask who is yours and ask her to help. One officer supports 2-3 GEP schools. I don’t know who is RGPS’s. Ask GEP’s Deputy director for primary, Mrs Chan?

[Funz]

buds:

Funz:

I qualify first hor, I have no quarrels with the school or bus companies or MOE about the bus timing and such. I understand their contraints and all.


But just to say something about distance to school. I do not have any schools within 1 km and the schools within 2km are hot schools. So no choice I had to register DS in a school outside of 2km. So sometimes, it is not by choice that the kids end up in schools that are a bit further.

You had a choice of vying for top schools but you did not.
After which you made the choice to go out of the 2km, correct?
In DDs' previous school it's the same scenario for us. Hence when the
transport operator said they cannot do pick-ups beyond usual school dismissal
ie. CCAs and Supplementary lessons : no pick-up... we still continued there but i had
to bring baby sleeping in carrier rain or shine (cos it was sleeping time) when i needed
to fetch the girls from school in the afternoons or send DD2 for morning programs (she was in PM session then).

It was a hassle no doubt. But one i was prepared to make cos i wanted them to stay in that
school. :please: It had been worth all the trouble. My girls' had a wonderful time/experience
there and have great memories of the wonderful teachers, principal, staff and frenz there.
In fact, hubs and i also still have frenz from then.

Funz:

In ooioo case, her DD got selected for GEP and her choices of schools offering GEP from where she lives are all outside of 2km I guess.

Hence if willingly taking up GEP selection at the specific school choice, distance considerations and discussions has to be top priority mah, right? Once again it IS a choice.

We did try to vy for some of the schools in our area but were unsuccessful. We did not even have a chance at balloting in any of the schools within 2km cos all gotta ballot even within 1km, not that we choose not to.

Yes one option is to shift nearer to a choice school but not everyone has that means and it means upsetting DD's routine and schedule for something that isn't even guaranteed. So we made the choice to stay put. Yes that was a choice.

Yes taking up GEP is a choice. And ooioo made that choice. She is not lamenting the distance but why school buses have to reach the school so early. The rest of us choose to accept the way things are, ooioo is choosing to see if she can change things. And again that IS a choice right? She is just asking for avenues to flag her concerns. Not asking for agreement.

[buds]

Because school buses cannot please every parent.

Because it would upset the routine of another passenger students.

My girls are the last ones to be picked up. Imagine how much waaayy earlier
the other children have to wake up and be picked up. So, i choose to think that
we are not the only ones who have to make adjustments and not the only ones who
have to make sacrifices. Not asking for agreement definitely (apologies if it came out
that way) but for better understanding of situation that could perhaps be resolved......?

Cos in this matter the member is asking for assistance is for highest MOE official's contact to (i'm not sure) complain /feedback / seek solace.. compromise.. or perhaps intervention of some kind?

If there is only one transport provider available for that distance then there is honestly not much that can be done, if transport service is the only option the member can opt for.

Other options will be to charter a personal taxi perhaps or car pool with other parents who stay within the vicinity, which will take some networking effort on member's part.

[buds]

Funz:

We did try to vy for some of the schools in our area but were unsuccessful. We did not even have a chance at balloting in any of the schools within 2km cos all gotta ballot even within 1km, not that we choose not to.

Same for us actually.
Couldn't even try (for balloting).. it's a no-hope situation.

[Funz]

buds:

Funz:

We did try to vy for some of the schools in our area but were unsuccessful. We did not even have a chance at balloting in any of the schools within 2km cos all gotta ballot even within 1km, not that we choose not to.

Same for us actually.
Couldn't even try (for balloting).. it's a no-hope situation.

Yah loh did not even have a chance to step into the school. What to do.

So not all parents who live further away from the school chose to put their kids in that school. But it is because that is the best possible choice given the situation mah.

[Funz]

buds:

Because school buses cannot please every parent.

Because it would upset the routine of another passenger students.

My girls are the last ones to be picked up. Imagine how much waaayy earlier
the other children have to wake up and be picked up. So, i choose to think that
we are not the only ones who have to make adjustments and not the only ones who
have to make sacrifices. Not asking for agreement definitely (apologies if it came out
that way) but for better understanding of situation that could perhaps be resolved......?

Cos in this matter the member is asking for assistance is for highest MOE official's contact to (i'm not sure) complain /feedback / seek solace.. compromise.. or perhaps intervention of some kind?

If there is only one transport provider available for that distance then there is honestly not much that can be done, if transport service is the only option the member can opt for.

Other options will be to charter a personal taxi perhaps or car pool with other parents who stay within the vicinity, which will take some networking effort on member's part.

Haiyoh, you know and I know. We both do see some of the challenges and the constraints.

This thing started in another thread lah. Some of the same arguments were raised there as well. if you know which sch my dd is in, go to that thread. that is if you are interested to know more.

While I may not agree totally with ooioo, I do respect her resolve in this matter.

[buds]

Funz:

So not all parents who live further away from the school chose to put their kids in that school. But it is because that is the best possible choice given the situation mah.

Yes. Not all. So in the end we are left to make the best of what we can for our children. I would be caught in the same situation if DD was to be accepted into a GEP school as well.

Writing in to MOE to no matter which person will yield the slowest response. It's faster to liaise with school or transport company's boss. I did this a couple of times with regards to inconvenient or umdesirable pick-up venue and no-shows (DD was left in a dark corner early morning to wait, but he was early...earlier than stipulated time, so didn't wait up for her).

If the entire bus load of students and parents are affected, run a petition for school or the trpt company to either review or revoke (must check back tender agreement). Also to bear in mind trpt service has to consider peak hour traffic congestion... that arriving in school slightly later might pose.