New school uniform rules won't cut costs, says mum
Michaela Wilson says she has "no idea why schools don't just sell iron-on branded badges".
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"Schools could just say, 'you need a black jogging suit for PE' - and parents could buy a badge, iron it on, and there you go."
— Michaela Wilson , Activist
"Children don't want to pick one, or three items, for their school uniform - they want everything the same as their friends."
— Michaela Wilson , Activist
"It was just going to be a temporary thing over the summer, and four years later we're still at it."
— Michaela Wilson , Activist
"All that school uniform would end up in landfill otherwise."
— Michaela Wilson , Activist
"Teenagers, even more than adults, have embraced the whole second-hand culture."
— Michaela Wilson , Activist
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Michaela Wilson says she has "no idea why schools don't just sell iron-on branded badges".
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