Here’s my thinking,purely for my own situation.

I’m keeping APjnr off fist year of 6th form today. He’s got a tiny bit of a cold but mainly nothing wrong. He hasn’t got any exams on the go. With him being off it lessens the numbers in his school,some others are also doing the same. It’s absolutely no burden to us as he is old enough to be at home alone. It keeps him away from others. Now my wife is a primary school teacher with many members of staff calling in ill and classes being amalgamated on top of the usual short staffed nature of the system and many highly demanding pupils with special requirements. We have 3 elderly parents, all mid 80s with health vulnerabilities,we will do doorstep food deliveries for them.
What i can’t understand is that the government hasn’t given guidelines to parents about school attendance. We are lucky in that we can keep him off, I genuinely think this lessens the load for the school. My daughter is at uni and all of her lessons are being FaceTimed or whatever it is.
Don’t forget, teachers aren’t immune to this virus and although I believe that kids have been so far been showing few symptoms ,they are still vectors for it.
What do you teachers on here feel is the best solution regarding school closures and voluntary absenteeism?

Posted By: Augustus Pablo on March 17th 2020 at 07:55:38

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Expect increasing numbers of school closures this week. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, Mar 17, 06:08:07
- Here’s my thinking,purely for my own situation. (Coronavirus) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 17, 07:55:38
  - What you’re doing is sensible. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, Mar 17, 08:47:48
  - Errr First year! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 17, 08:00:21
- But, no ofsteds this week, so not all bad! (Coronavirus) - Bravo win or die, Mar 17, 06:14:23
  - Taught my first remote lesson on Microsoft Teams yesterday (Coronavirus) - Tony Martin, Mar 17, 07:34:49
  - Exams are the real problem. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, Mar 17, 06:21:36
    - Exam boards have been talking with Ofqual over the past couple of weeks (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 17, 06:44:55
      - Huge knock on effect on sixth for, colleges, unis for 2020-21 year (n/m) (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 17, 07:34:47
        
        I agree and in a way,why not? In the big scheme of things does it really matter that (Coronavirus) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 17, 08:04:46
      - Head of Ofqual lives in Norwich. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, Mar 17, 06:48:50
        
        It's not just the sitting of the exams either (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 17, 06:57:25

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