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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
It's ok saying kids should have more time off or more regular breaks rather then long ones but what about working parents where both parents are working. School time is onetime those parents can relax a bit and not have to worry about their kids and given so many couples have to work now just to pay bills i think more thought should be given to that.
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True & even next year with holiday entitlement going up to 5.6 weeks (including bank holidays) there is still a huge discrepancy in time off between children & parents & then when are they as a family (if there are 2 parents) supposed to get together as a family.
Daughter starts at 8:30 and finish at 3pm (2pm on Weds) but for the most part there are various after school activities which support the curriculum and mean they are there until 4:30 ish so we are fairly lucky.
IIRC there is a clause which states a Teachers year starts on 1st September & that August cannot be part of the school working year.
Coggy will know the truth of this though.
