We have just found out that our son's secondary school will be closing early at 2pm. every Friday afternoon as of the start of the autumn term. Can a school do this at such short notice? The school is in a neighboring village and children travel there in fleets of buses. Mon to Thurs buses will drop the children off at 3.40 as is the case now, but on Friday they will arrive home at 2.30. Many children will come home to an empty house because so many parents work and not all can change their working hours. Next term I will have 2 children at this school 1ds age13 and another who will have just had his 11th birthday. Even though they get on well (most of the time!) I am still worried and more than a little annoyed that the school can just change the school finishing time with so little consideration/consultation with parents.
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Can my son's school shorten the lenght of school day with only 8 weeks notice?
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notagrannyyet · 29/05/2006 16:53
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