Principal Sends Letter Asking Parents To Stop Wearing PJs To School Drop-Off

Jan 05, 2020 by apost team

Getting kids up and ready for school in time is not as easy as it sounds, especially when you have a little one that is being difficult. But one principal is asking parents to not only get their children ready and to school on time, but to make sure the parents are dressed for the day as well.

In a Facebook post that has since gone viral, English Head Teacher, Kate Chisholm, addressed a letter to parents asking them to please dress for the day when dropping off their children to school instead of arriving in pajamas and slippers. We can safely assume that the teachers at Skerne Park School have seen enough pairs of pajamas and slippers to make the post relevant to them.

The letter itself isn't dress-shaming or judging parents directly, but it does bring a lot of factors up that perhaps might play into specific circumstances. What the letter does address is the need to set a good example for children as they attend school and prepare for their own lives as adults. It also makes mention of safety and dressing for the weather, as pajamas are not necessarily going to provide great coverage or modesty.

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Parents that got the letter from the headteacher weren't happy about it though, and the internet was at odds over whether the headmaster was right or wrong in sending out the letter in the first place. Many teachers chimed in that they see this type of behavior from parents all the time, and it doesn't just end at the drop off lane either. The Telegraph reports that some teachers even mentioned parents coming to school functions and meetings in sleepwear, robes, slippers, etc, well into the hours of the day. Most parents admit that they would not go anywhere else dressed this way, but sometimes do when it comes to school drop-off.

In general, parents responding to the internet post sided on the side of their fellow parents, citing multitudes of reasons for why they were undressed in the mornings while dropping off their own children. The early hour definitely plays a part in the occurrence, but should parents be running behind or just unable to wrangle several students at once, they decide to see to themselves last.

With all the issues and things that need to be taken care of at that hour, is it reasonable that every parent might have an off morning where they just have to jump in the car as is? Parents seem to think so even if teachers and school administrators don't agree. Many parents have to leave even earlier than most teachers might realize as they have multiple schools and children to drop off at, giving them even less time to get dressed properly in the morning.

Either way, it might just be safer to remain in the car on those drop-off days where you didn't have time to change out of your pajamas. Other parents and teachers won't be the only ones who mind because no one wants to be the kid with the parent everyone is talking about for the rest of the day. What do you think?