If you have kids at school be prepared for a long summer

[Dave the OAP]

There is a very strong rumour going around that the government are looking at closing schools for an extra month this year, ie returning in October rather than September.

It will be chaos if this is agreed.

they wil be reviewing it in August ( which again will not give parents long to sort out child care if they are working)

 

[JBizzleBeard]

Where have you heard this?

 

[jordanseagull]

Swine Flu: Schools May Stay Closed In September If Pandemic Escalates Says Government Department | UK News | Sky News

 

[Bwian]

There is a very strong rumour going around that the government are looking at closing schools for an extra month this year, ie returning in October rather than September.

It will be chaos if this is agreed.

they wil be reviewing it in August ( which again will not give parents long to sort out child care if they are working)

So what are they supposed to do?

If the government keep the schools closed until October they're going to get flack from parents because they have to sort out day care. Poor loves.

Or they let the kids return as per normal, said kids all get Swine Flu and they're going to get even more flack. Especially if some of the kids die-which inevitably some will.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Where have you heard this?

local educational authority

 

[Wardy]

Reading the report it suggests that even play groups etc will close.

 

[Dave the OAP]

If the government keep the schools closed until October they're going to get flack from parents because they have to sort out day care. Poor loves.

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you would not belive the problems our school has when we have Inset days, there are normally only three days a year and the abuse the head takes is incredible....the same can be said when the school was closed due to snow.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I said this would paralyse the economy

See posts 10 and 11

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[JBizzleBeard]

Blimey, that could mess shit up indeed.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

If the kids did go back to school in October when the weather is starting to turn surely there will be more risk then of contracting swine flu ?

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

an extra well earned 4 weeks holiday for the teachers then.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Or they let the kids return as per normal, said kids all get Swine Flu and they're going to get even more flack. Especially if some of the kids die-which inevitably some will.

Who said - only last week - that closing schools will do NOTHING to contain the spread of swine flu?

Answer - the government's very own Health Protection Agency.

HPA - Swine flu: advice on schools

 

[Taybha]

Haven ,Butlins,and Pontins have said to accomodate the possibility of this being true they will continue to offer thier holidays at double what they are during normal term time. Nice gesture.

 

[seagull_special]

If the kids did go back to school in October when the weather is starting to turn surely there will be more risk then of contracting swine flu ?

exactly and If they are considering delaying the return to school why would they not stay closed through out the winter? There seems to be a higher risk to children under 5 and I doubt many parents would chose the loss of a child to swine flu over the inconvenience of child care issues.

and to the snidey idiot who had to get a dig in at teachers - change the record

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

sneeze , oink oink.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

an extra well earned 4 weeks holiday for the teachers then.

Bloody right!

I wonder if I can book a holiday abroad now, make the most of the term-time rates, and then watch as the prices go up? God, I can really abuse those extra four weeks - I might even get another little cash in hand tutoring job just to rack up the cash to pay for the holiday. In fact, I could tout myself some childcare work, so the parents pay me again for looking after their little darlings when they have to return to work!

Any idea when they might make this official?

Excellent, remind me again of the downsides of being a teacher?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Excellent, remind me again of the downsides of being a teacher?

What about term-time only staff in schools? Will they get paid?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Who said - only last week - that closing schools will do NOTHING to contain the spread of swine flu?

Answer - the government's very own Health Protection Agency.

HPA - Swine flu: advice on schools

This government does not have a record of backtracking, do they?

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

What about term-time only staff in schools? Will they get paid?

If the schools are shut at the directive of Government, then they should still receive pay - not sure how they will approach that. Most salaries for term-time only are pro-rata based on 193 days (I think), so the wages should remain the same. Chances are that the schools will not be open for the kids, but most teachers will be in working, that's what normally happens over the hols anyway!

Unless you are a Supply Teacher and paid only for the days you work, in which case you get sod all.

 

[liverpool_one]

Bloody right!

I wonder if I can book a holiday abroad now, make the most of the term-time rates, and then watch as the prices go up? God, I can really abuse those extra four weeks - I might even get another little cash in hand tutoring job just to rack up the cash to pay for the holiday. In fact, I could tout myself some childcare work, so the parents pay me again for looking after their little darlings when they have to return to work!

Any idea when they might make this official?

Excellent, remind me again of the downsides of being a teacher?

they have to put up with some of the degenerate little bastards that even the parents can't or don't want to control.