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Originally Posted by Hugh
It's not about anyone being happy to take risks, it's about risk assessment and mitigation.
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Well, close the schools and what I have put will happen, don’t close and what you list may happen.
They don’t know yet.
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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s essentially a ruse from right wing libertarian types that if you told them you wanted to raise income tax a fraction of a penny to fund increased after school, summer school, free school meals and social services would say no and wax lyrical about personal responsibility.
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Glad we can add “Social Work” to your repertoire of skills.
There is plenty of information on why vulnerable children not being at school is a bad thing, not so much the other way round though?
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
If it's really that essential then let's be a bit creative - extend the term into the summer by a couple of weeks, reduce Easter holidays, etc.
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That would work for, I absolutely would support that, good luck getting that past the unions though.
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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s not essential
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Definitely your “Opinion”. And you’re welcome to it, I thoroughly disagree.
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When we inevitably accept there will be no exams that saves weeks for the years those apply to.
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Both my kids are not at exam age, and missed out on a 3rd of their school year and it definitely impacted the youngest.