AIBU to think school closures ignore parents' work commitments?

No she didn't, she was just having a moan about how the closure was communicated.

As other people have said, during COVID school were asked to consider working parents. If we have an increase in these weather situations and schools are unable to get a/c then I can forsee schools only being open for keyworkers.
It sounds like OP is a surgeon thus a KW

After school club it's called . The kids are picked up ( from various schools) and take to ASC.

They don't call the after school club wraparound

No, you said that wrap around care shouldn't be used as child care because it may close at a moments notice.
Maybe I misunderstood your point?

No that's called wrap around care. School clubs are more than often run by outside sports clubs and music teachers who come once or twice a week and charge parents for their services. All if which can be cancelled at a moments notice so shouldn't be used as childcare.

Schools will be criticised for staying open and for closing. They really can't win.

AIBU to think that the school doesn’t take much account of parents’ need to work? Primary school have just announced they won’t be opening for the rest of the week, but it’s OK because they’ll be sending us online work for us to do with the children, and whilst they are sorry they have had to cancel sports day we shouldn’t be too upset because they’ve have rescheduled it for a couple of weeks time. Like, I totally get they have to put the safety of the children first and if it’s too hot it’s too hot, but what do they think I’m
doing when the kids are at school, preparing beautiful dinners, ensuring the craft box is topped up, pining wistfully for the moment they come home? FFS, my job obviously comes second to my children and of course I’ll cancel planned surgeries and clinics where I need to. It’s not the emergency that bothers me, it’s the blasé way in which it’s communicated as though it’s a
minor inconvenience, not a major major f’ing headache with serious second and third order effects.

phew, that’s better. Now to go and get the little darlings…

Hold on, you expect outside sports clubs and music teachers who are paid to go and do lessons after-school to be childcare and never cancel? They offer a educational service not chiodcare.For god sake parent, they are your responsibility. It's parent with your attitude that make companies stop going into schools because parents expect more than they offer which is education

That's but what we are talking about. OP and others expect the school to make working parents a consideration when closing the school. That's not going to happen because the people who use the school, staff and pupils are the only priority.

By that argument, NOTHING should be used as childcare in case it closes at a moment's notice!

No that's called wrap around care. School clubs are more than often run by outside sports clubs and music teachers who come once or twice a week and charge parents for their services. All if which can be cancelled at a moments notice so shouldn't be used as childcare.

Many after school clubs are for childcare though

Nursery is caring for the child, yes that's childcare. School and school clubs isn't, they are there to teach and school clubs to teach sport, music etc. There's a big difference

But do you accept that it does act as a useful way to enable parents to work?
We all know their primary function is to educate and that teachers are not childcare providers and parents are the primary caregivers and retain overall responsibility.

No, I just know how schools work. I've been parents to school children for 25 years. School is not childcare

You've lost the plot hahaha. Parents with kids in nursery get calls all the time to pick them up. Nurseries are also closing due to the heat. Also, you dont need to worry about me - I'm a SAHM so I secretly love it when schools shut lol. My point was less to do with me and more to do with how I know many parents see school!

Well if you don't change your attitude it's going to be a very long stressful time while your kids are in school, because schools aren't going to change for you.

Well if you don't change your attitude it's going to be a very long stressful time while your kids are in school, because schools aren't going to change for you.

Hoe where they supposed to communicate it! They needed to close the school and they informed parents. What else could they do? Honestly do some parents expect to be babied in this way? The school needed to close, parents needed to be responsible for their own kids. They communicated this, what more do some parents want? Blood

I think schools are treated by most parents as having a secondary purpose of providing childcare. Most parents wouldn't be able to work if their children weren't in school, especially as there isn't really a separate childcare provision for children over 5. We can agree to disagree, I think.

Changes in employment policies and more widely available and affordable childcare would really help this.
I imagine the vast majority of parents WANT to care for their children and most are able to manage the unexpected to a degree.
All OP wanted was the school to not be so blasé in the way they communicated the closure.

Nurseries are primarily there to provide childcare. Schools purpose is to educate.

Nurseries still have to educate children, and theyre inspected by Ofsted to ensure that they're delivering this.

Nursery is caring for the child, yes that's childcare. School and school clubs isn't, they are there to teach and school clubs to teach sport, music etc. There's a big difference

Maybe parents should stop the expectation then. While at school parents are still responsible for their children . Illness, accident, weather etc are all reasons why a child will be sent home without notice. Parents really do need to be prepared for that.