Towerbank and the Student Support Centre

[Porty]

[seanie]

[Klingon]

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[Klingon]

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[SoupDragon]

[Bob Jefferson]

[Klingon]

[Maria]

[Klingon]

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[seanie]

So how did your complaint go?

[Bob Jefferson]

I have also been contacted by the journalist in question.

[Klingon]

Hello again Bob - I'm glad you're involved, not least because you had, entirely independently, expressed precisely the same reasons for concern as those I had.

Seanie: My criticism was an attempt to get the LEA to look again at its involvement in allowing the use of the schools and headteachers to market their material, rather than a simple complaint. I made my report on the sales visit as previously given in this thread, and have not seen or heard of any further marketing by the Student Support Centre on Anglesey since then.

Best regards from over here to over there!
J.

[seanie]

I thought you'd made a complaint to the ICO?

[SameOldStory]

Klingon,

any idea when this article is likely to appear? I'm going to setup a meeting with the head at my child's school and an article in a national newspaper would certainly make it easier to complain.

[Bob Jefferson]

From today's Guardian:

[Bob Jefferson]

TES (Times Educational Supplement) now showing interest in this story.

[interesting...]

bit of info to support previous bits and pieces

TSSC do pay a fee to schools that send the froms out via children

how much depends on the information received, yes/no & if the parents decide to go ahead

hard sell-well the salesmen/women need to learn a script which runs to a lot of pages

commission only, no sale no earnings, wasted evening, petrol etc

TSSC have got to keep the schools onside as it's their main source of income

Cancellations may also take place after the cool-off period...

IMHO there is a bit of a whifff of .......... on both sides, parents & salesmen; the 1st should ask more questions and a breathing space, the latter don't always act in the parent's/children's interests although they may dress it up that they have...not forgetting the schools allowing access @ the start

another point is that again IMHO teachers don't always tell the truth at parent meetings, how often do you hear 'as well as expected' 'she's doing fine' or some other bland statement?

TSSC tests might then show the child is sadly lacking hence the need-then teachers reject the need for the program because 'the child doesn't need it' or is it because failings in the system have been exposed - raw nerves all round?

question:
why did klingon remove his remarks-did he realise he had done something illegal-filming without consent?