SCHOOLCHILDREN were forced to eat their lunches outside in sub-zero temperatures after their dining hall was packed with parents for a Mother’s Day lunch. The pupils at Duke Street Primary School in Chorley, Lancashire, could barely eat their food because their hands were so cold as temperatures plummeted across the country.
They later complained to horrified parents that they had been forced outside - after a morning of snow showers and hail - because there was no room in the hall.
Mother-of-three Nicola Parker, 25, said: “My daughter Megan is only seven and on the way home she began to tell my mum what had happened.
“Megan said that the dining hall had been full because of a Mother’s Day lunch.
“She was told to go outside and eat her dinner but said she only took two bites because her hands were just too cold.
“I couldn’t believe it. It was absolutely freezing - I wouldn’t have let a dog out in those conditions, never mind young children.
“It’s pathetic and all of the mums have been going mad. They have plenty of classrooms - they should have let them use one of them.”
Headteacher Andrew Kidd admitted he had “underestimated” how cold the children would be as he thought the weather was “sunny and dry”.
He said: “Our Mother’s Day lunch on Monday proved very popular, so we asked some of the older children to eat their packed lunches on the picnic benches to ease the congestion in the hall.
“Many children were excited about being able to use the picnic benches for the first time this year and saw it as a treat.
“However, I can only apologise to those children and parents who felt it was too cold to be outside.
“With hindsight it would have been better to give children the choice.”
Poster Comment:
It's official, idiots are in charge everywhere.