Topic: | A really interesting idea to attack pollution round schools | |
Posted by: | Richard Carter | |
Date/Time: | 14/02/19 16:00:00 |
Thanks for that, David. Meanwhile, here's a really brilliant idea: primary school pupils in Greater Manchester have started patrolling the streets outside their schools as uniformed “junior” police officers (authorised/supported by their head teacher) , issuing fake parking tickets to parents parked on the pavement or sitting with their engines running. The junior PCSOs (police community safety officers) were the brainchild of Steve Marsland, the headteacher of Russell Scott primary in Denton in Tameside, after he noticed a huge increase in the number of children with asthma. Eighteen months ago, he started to use an inhaler after having trouble breathing dangerously polluted air. I'd like to suggest that Wandsworth take this up, though the initiative, given that Wandsworth are, sadly, followers rather than leaders, may have to come from local head teachers. The full story is in the Guardian (and I hope this doesn't cause the Guardianophobes here too many problems, after all they don't have to read it!) here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/13/primary-school-pupils-issue-fake-parking-tickets-to-tackle-pollution |