Sir, – Parents are to be balloted about what children (presumably up to age 18/19) are to wear at school (Home News, November 11th). In recent times architects have won awards for designing school buildings without considering the people who inhabit them, their parents or the staff who work in them.
As usual, the people at the centre of this debate, children, are not to be asked their opinion. That would require respect, empowerment of children and democracy. We’d then have to consider them citizens. How awful! – Yours, etc,
STEPHEN BLENDELL,
The Brambles,
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Castlebar, Co Mayo.