A superior school's determination to chop down 5 protected trees has led to choler among parents, contempt birds nesting successful them and pooing connected their children's play equipment.
Gordon Primary successful Eltham, southbound eastbound London, is readying to fell 5 trees which are each steadfast and 120 years aged aft droppings from pigeons began covering apparatus successful the schoolhouse playground.
Teachers astatine the schoolhouse person blamed a 'higher complaint of sickness and absences' among some pupils and unit connected the poo which continues to autumn from the 3 lime trees and 2 London planes and onto equipment.
The superior schoolhouse has besides argued that immoderate windows connected the premises tin nary longer beryllium opened acknowledgment to the extended build-up of droppings.
It is present seeking support from Greenwich Council to axe the trees 'as a past resort' connected the grounds of wellness and safety, The Sun reports.
But parents person angrily asked the schoolhouse wherefore the trees, which person grown adjacent to the reception playground since the schoolhouse was built successful 1904, present request to beryllium felled, with adjacent to 500 signing a petition to prevention them.
Protected trees pictured extracurricular Gordon Primary School. The school's program to fell the trees has been opposed by parents
The trees were acceptable to beryllium axed aft teachers blamed mediocre attendance connected droppings falling from the trees and onto playground equipment
The superior schoolhouse has besides argued that immoderate windows connected the premises tin nary longer beryllium opened acknowledgment to the extended build-up of pigeon droppings (Stock Photo)
One wrote: 'Reception children drawback each bug going erstwhile they commencement school. They are not made much sick by vertebrate poo.'
Meanwhile, Cass Farrar said that the plans did not marque immoderate consciousness and that the trees contrasted with the factual surroundings of southbound eastbound London.
Local Labour MP Clive Efford said: 'The felling of healthy, mature trees is an utmost solution and should lone beryllium thing considered erstwhile each different avenues person been exhausted.'
In a missive to parents, adjunct caput Hannah Cuesta wrote: 'For the involvement of our children's wellness . . . the lone people of enactment near is to region 5 of the 12 trees on our boundary.'
She added that 'seven impressively gangly trees' would remain.
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