To think this school's plan won't work

[Poppi89]

I work in a secondary school ( not as a teacher) and we have been kept up to date by email and zoom staff meetings.

There has been a lot of talk of when we will re-open and what will happen as like most schools it was very stressful closing the school and not being prepared so they are trying to put plans in place and keep one step ahead.

Due to a lot of parents in the area wanting the school to re-open and for life to go back to 'normal' they think the government might re-open schools sooner rather than later maybe before May half term, so the school has put in place an outline of what will happen:

• School will re-open but will continue sticking to the guidelines of social distancing - as this is not possible in a school with full capacity students will be split into halves or thirds to ensure they are spaced far enough away from each other. This means that the kids will only be in 1/2 days a week.

• Due to adults spreading the virus more than children (it seems) they don't think all staff should be in each day. So will be depending on parents to do a rota system - so one qualified member of staff to 2 parents to supervise.

Does anybody else think the school would be better to remain closed if this is the case?
It seems they won't be learning much and the risk of getting the virus will still be high.

I do get that this is the best plan they have come up with to keep everyone happy. My DD is missing her friends and wouldn't mind going back to school a couple of days a week and I guess it will be easier for parents to get back to work but I would rather wait until June/July at the earliest as surely the NHS is still overwhelmed.

What do you guys think?
AIBU - thinking this isn't a good plan

Yes that is true Flamingo

Not really relevant but I watched a game show on tv with a team of two Geography teachers and they didn't get one geography question correct.

I also have a degree in something that people think would make me an expert in the coronavirus - it definitely doesn't as it's nowhere near the same but on paper it sounds like it is.

It sounded that way, apologies.

The TES forums are full of teachers and yet a quick glance at some threads could leave someone under the impression that SLTs are universally evil and any negative feedback on a lesson warrants union involvement.

Any anonymous forum means people should take responsibility for weighing up the information available to them, Mumsnet included.

That's ok. I should have been more clear.

I don't go on the forums much on tes mainly just to use the resources but all the schools I have worked at worship SLTs, so that is quite shocking to hear.

I lurk now and then because they sometimes have some good signposts on maternity issues and flexible working. I stopped using resources after it became apparent that many tes users were selling material freely shared by others and TES haven't dealt with it well.

A few years ago there was an obsession with posters suggesting pushing for compromise agreements after a couple of lesson observations that weren't glowing. Anyone in schools knows some SLTs are bullies and hound people out of a job, but there was some questionable guidance out there for a while from posters reading OPs through the lens of their own school without considering that their experience and the rules governing performance management were different.

I refuse to pay for resources as I thought the whole point was to share it.

I am going to read some of them as I have not had the impression that any of the staff at my schools feel like that but it interesting to hear the other side of things.

@Poppi89 Have you been on a game show? I have. There were questions that I could answer very easily sitting in my own front room, but in the glare of a TV studio my mind went blank.

TES resources went to selling resources a few years ago now. Many of the resources on there were of questionable quality anyway. There's still some free ones, but there's a substantial problem of users taking material that others have freely shared and then charging for it on TES. TES won't do anything meaningful about it.

People will probably share things online seeking advice that they wouldn't say in the workplace, especially if their school is dominated by brown-nosers. It's not that surprising that there's varied experiences of schools. There's varied experiences within schools too.

@cantory - No I haven't but I can guarantee that I would answer fewer questions if I did.
But that is why I said it because someone said in response to me talking about giving advice was that just because someone has a degree in something doesn't guarantee they know the answer or the one they give is correct.

I put forward everyone's advice, questions and concerns. So thank you very much.