A Riverina McDonald’s franchise has backed a Gold Coast move to ban children in school uniforms from the store between 9am and 3pm in a bid to cut local truancy rates.
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Griffith McDonald’s store owner Darryn Savage said the decision a “smart move”.
“It’s doing the right thing, by making the kids go to school,” Mr Savage said.
The Courier Mail reported the Elanora McDonald’s had posted signs around the store saying “any student in school uniform will not be served between the hours of 9am-3pm” at the request of schools.
While Mr Savage applauded the move, he wasn’t sure whether there was a need to introduce something similar in the Riverina.
“Unlike the Gold Coast we don’t have that problem here in Griffith,” he said. “The only kids we do get here in school uniform are accompanied by a teacher, on the way to an excursion or on the way back.”
The Courier Mail stated student attendance rates around the Elanora area were up to 2 per cent lower than the state average of 91.5 per cent.