DPS whitefield - worst dps in BLR

 Being a alumni of DPS, i admitted my son in DPS Whitefiled after a one year stint in Mumbai. Before that he was studying in DPS south bangalore which was definitely better in all sense.

Observation in Last 18 months:

They are just interested in money. All the other 3 DPS are managed by same other trust and are much better then DPS whitefield in terms of fee structure, conveyance and atleast are not running behind the money all the time.

For the name sake DPS whitefiled is run by Praxy memorial trust but they are just behind the money through out the year and never bother to listen to parents and students pain points. They increased the fees this year from 38K to 50K in oneshot. transport is using all 60 seater buses to save the cost, it doesn't matter for them if it works for the streets of Bangalore or not.

Building is not complete but the students are there in half constructed classroom  to start the year. Not sure why DPS society gave them a franchisee.

pasting some of the threads form the parents below, take your own call:

Even after a lot of confusion, I have sent my kids to school. Their pick up time is 6:50 and bus reached in time,  may be because they are 3rd and 4th to be picked for the route. I am worried for their dropping after hearing from other parents. Fortunately for the route no. 4 ( Pick up), driver, lady care and bus is same, only they have changed the route number. Lets see how they are going to manage younger kids transport - first day.

Anyway we need to meet the management on saturday consolidating the issues.

Regards,
Sheetal

--- On Wed, 5/6/13, prashant_gp <prashant.gupta@intel.com> wrote:

Lot of concerns from my side as well related to same issue. I have 2 daughters 4 & 7 yrs. I DID NOT SEND MY DAUGHTERS TO SCHOOL TODAY AS THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION FROM BAGHIRATHI OR DPS ON THIS.
• This is a huge 70 seat bus that the driver says cannot enter my township so they want to drop/pickup on the main busy road which is a huge safety concern. My daughter was picked up/dropped inside the township for last 2 years
• Since they are trying to accommodate > 50-60 kids in a bus (previously it was ~35) total travel time has increased by 1 hours for my daughter

I was planning to visit the school tomorrow and meet the pricipal, if everyone is going on Saturday I will align with that as well.

--- In dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in, "sethulaxmi_s" <sethulaxmi_s@...> wrote:
>
> Also the bus route numbers are different for pick up and drop adding to the confusion (for. eg. 11 for pick up and 26 for drop).
>
> Driver and lady attendant are different for both pick up and drop
>
> Yesterday, while dropping the kids at the bus stop, when we enquired with the lady attendant abt the pickup timings for the next day (since there was a delay in the pick up), she mentioned that she was unaware since she is assigned to another route in the morning.
>
> Above arrangements are also creating confusion.
>
> Also, regarding the GPS for tracking the school bus that they had mentioned at the time of registration, the response from them today is that the GPS units have been installed in the buses and they will be sharing the access details by the end of this week.
>
>
> --- In dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in, kishor sur <kishor.sur@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I agree that we all should go together and have one session with
> > school and transport, otherwise we will keep hearing the same stories, also
> > let's take other non transport issues with
> > school management with all parents ..
> > Request more parents to come and join otherwise it will be like fees hike
> > where very few ( 20-30) parents joined and they were extremely happy that
> > others don't have concerns and
> > hike is fine with rest of parents.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 10:16 PM, kmk kmk <kmk10_in@> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Agreed. Last year all Parents Teacher meeting were slot basis, where
> > > Parents meet Class Teacher for their respective kids , get/give feedback
> > > and leave. Which wouldnt help much on common issues. we need a common
> > > platform like Open House or PTA meetings to voice and get our converns
> > > addressed.
> > >
> > > How to go about it ?
> > >
> > > Thanks & Regards
> > > Mrs. Kumari
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* Anu Joseph <anujoseph@>
> > >
> > > *To:* "dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in" <dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in>;
> > > "olvenugopal@" <olvenugopal@>
> > > *Sent:* Friday, 31 May 2013 7:26 PM
> > >
> > > *Subject:* Re: [dps_whitefield] Issues with the New Bus Vendor Baghirathi
> > >
> > >
> > > We should push for parent-teacher(with Management representative)
> > > association (PTA) which can engage and empower parents to advocate for all
> > > concerns. Talking in mailing group or going individually wont solve the
> > > problems. We need to have a formal parents representations to present our
> > > concerns with school; currently this initiative is really lacking.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anu
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* Gyasuddin Sheikh <gsheikh69@>
> > > *To:* "dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in" <dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in>;
> > > "olvenugopal@" <olvenugopal@>
> > > *Sent:* Friday, 31 May 2013, 18:03
> > > *Subject:* Re: [dps_whitefield] Issues with the New Bus Vendor Baghirathi
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > > One of the basic issue here is that not even a single time the 3 parties
> > > had a joined meeting (parents/School and Transport) and that where I feel
> > > is the issue and they are taking us for a ride.
> > > Taking money refund is not the solution here but smewhere we parents have
> > > to make it very clear that this type of unrealistic situation will not be
> > > tolerated.
> > > I suggest for a joint meeting and make things sorted out.
> > > Regards
> > > Gyas
> > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > * From: * Venugopal OL <olvenugopal@>;
> > > * To: * dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in <dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in>;
> > >
> > > * Subject: * Re: [dps_whitefield] Issues with the New Bus Vendor
> > > Baghirathi
> > > * Sent: * Fri, May 31, 2013 12:07:32 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear all
> > > I spoke at length with Rudy on couple of issues:
> > > 1. Child safety considering the pick points only on main roads
> > > 2. Pick up as early as 7:00am, which is not practical especially during
> > > winter
> > > 3. One large bus carrying 60 students and hence resulting in increased
> > > travel times for the early birds.
> > >
> > > His answer was:
> > > 1. The school management has given strict instructions that the first bell
> > > rings at 8:30 and all buses should drop children before that
> > > 2. The school management was unhappy last year because the bell never
> > > ringed on time even a single day
> > > 3. Lets try out this for a week or two and then make adjustments
> > >
> > > I guess we all need to talk to the school management first and alert them
> > > that the transport not only has safety issues but is also not practical.
> > > It's not designed for kids and rather is more suited for corporate pick
> > > ups.
> > >
> > > This is really unacceptable.
> > > -With Best Regards,
> > > Venu
> > >
> > > On 31-May-2013, at 4:54 PM, <Jisha_J@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Sheetal,
> > > The contact number for Rudy(Manager) is 8884438644.
> > >
> > > Regarding the refund, we'll have to get the cash back if they
> > > are not ready to be flexible enough. But we didn't talk about that in the
> > > conversation.
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > >
> > > *Jisha J *
> > > Systems Engineer
> > > *Dell* | ESG - SQL Server Database Solutions Engineering
> > > *office* +91 80 28419110 Ext 78304
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in [
> > > mailto:dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in] *On Behalf Of *sheetal purohit
> > > *Sent:* Friday, May 31, 2013 4:51 PM
> > > *To:* dps_whitefield@yahoogroups.co.in
> > > *Subject:* RE: [dps_whitefield] Issues with the New Bus Vendor Baghirathi
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Can anybody please provide the contact number of Bhagirathi. I need to
> > > talk to Bhagirathi for some issues of Route no. 4. We can not accept
> > > whatever imposed to us.
> > >
> > > Jisha, Is he ready to refund the transport charges.