The school crossing patrol scam is back!

The school crossing patrol scam is back. At a meeting of the council on 1st November 2016 the following was decided.

Having taxed us for ages to provide a school crossing patrol that didn't materialise the Parish Council decided to stop this scam. Yet taking £10,000 from reserves is a bit pointless. £5,000 was for training and £5,000 was for pay With only 4 months to go to the end of the financial year this money isn't going anywhere.

As the Parish Council has decided to take £10,000 from reserves and reinstate £5,000 a year. Going on previous attempts with little prospect of getting people to man the school crossing patrols this will be money taken from the council taxpayer and going into the councils' coffers.

The major question here is why the Parish Council is having to pay and not the schools whose pupils use this service.