St Kevin’s Glendalough bans parents from bringing coffee to school run

It’s that caffeine hit that keeps parents going after a harried morning of getting everyone moving. Now, a Toorak school has told parents to hold the coffee at school drop-off — this is why.

Parents told to hold the coffee orders.

Harried parents in pursuit of an early-morning coffee hit have been banned from carrying hot drinks into the grounds of a Toorak primary school.

St Kevin’s Glendalough, in Lansell Road, has told parents that coffee and hot drinks are not compatible with active boys and flying balls.

Glendalough junior school head James Daly said the ban on coffee and hot drinks was in the interests of boys’ safety. “I respectfully remind parents that bringing hot drinks into the schoolyard, classroom or other areas where students are present, is not allowed,” he told parents with children in prep to Year 6.

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St Kevin’s Glendalough parents have been banned from carrying hot drinks into the grounds.

“To my knowledge, there has never been a known case of dehydration in this schoolyard or in these classrooms.”

The Catholic boys’ school, with primary school fees ranging from $17,000 to $21,000, said yesterday it did not want to elaborate on the ban, outlined in the newsletter and whether it was prompted by an incident.

Mr Daly said buying take away coffee was a personal choice “unless of course you carry that cup of steaming hot beverage into a playground filled with active children and flying balls”.

Mr Daly, went on in the newsletter, to lament the increased use of plastic water bottles and disposable coffee cups.

“A decade or so ago, there began the phenomenon of people taking plastic water bottles with them wherever they went. What an environmental disaster those plastic bottles have turned out to be!” he said.

Mr Daly recalled seeing comedian Barry Humphries speaking about this during an interview to promote an upcoming show.

“With horror he noted that patrons even brought their water bottles into his performances which completely mystified him. To his knowledge, he said, there had been no known cases of dehydration during a Barry Humphries’ show,” Mr Daly wrote.

“It seems this obsession has morphed from water to takeaway coffees.”

Mr Daly also questioned the etiquette of takeaway coffee.

“Where and when is a takeaway coffee cup appropriate and how does one responsibly dispose of it? They’re all good questions for another time,” he said.

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