Do people think schools will have to close again

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Jut curious.

Fully expecting a closure towards the end of autumn but really, really hoping that restaurants and pubs are shut first and that schools are a last resort...

Nope

Yes.

No not across the country
But individual schools / bubbles will, and are already

I sincerely hope not. The wild animals - sorry, children - on my street have been an absolute pain in the arse, getting progressively noisier and louder as the weeks went on. I don't want schools to close ever again. If they do, I'm stabbing my eardrums.

Yes - three near me (SE England, one primary, two secondary) all reporting cases.

Same here, was worried about them going in but now I'm just crossing everything that they only close as a last resort. Sadly i honestly believe the only reason they will shut is high numbers in children, which would be so horrible as the rationale behind them going back was they were less likely to get it/be affected/spread. Sigh.

A few will for a couple of weeks, but on the whole I think they’ll stay open.

I honestly don’t know. I think the government would want to avoid a full lockdown again (I don’t think they’d have the cash/be willing to furlough people or pay self employment grants again) and they’ve really pushed the schools reopening. But if cases are shooting up...

Individual schools yes, nationwide very unlikely, but of course I could be proved completely wrong.

3,000 cases, 2 deaths. I sincerely hope not!

I don't watch the news. Are the cases slowing?

A few will for a couple of weeks, but on the whole I think they’ll stay open.

This

Yes, cases will spread round schools so easily without social distancing. Lots closed already and only been open a week. Parents holding parties and play dates are ask not helping the situation, those doing this shouldn’t kian if schools have to close as they are part of the problem!

Shouldn’t moan*

I have major anxiety issues and I hate change. I usually always have to know what's going on. Just a waiting game then.

Yes, for a few weeks at a time.

My kids are in bubbles of 90. 3 classes per year group.

Yes. As winter approaches, the NHS will struggle again. That was the original reason for lockdown - to help manage the demand in the NHS.

Individual areas, yes. Not nationally though.

Would be awful if they closed all of London schools. - so many of them

Cases are low in most London boroughs aren’t they?

Yes.

I think it will be individual areas and not nationally too.

Yes, or at least I think my daughter's school will. They are in a bubble of 180 each so massive chance of it spreading like wildfire.
I am going to miss them so much tomorrow (despite moaning about them being at home) and be constantly worried but I'm hoping they stay open for the sake of their education.

I think they should be careful to manage it during the autumn and not create a really massive surge going into winter/ Christmas when the nhs can be overloaded anyway.