To think this last minute inset day is a terrible idea!

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Please don’t think I’m teacher bashing. Because I’m really not: I think teaching must be a stressful job, and not one I would choose.

But, this last minute inset day is an awful idea:
This year has been dreadful, and stressful for most people. We home schooled during lockdown while both working full time in hectic jobs. And it was very trying.

To schedule a last minute inset day makes it so difficult for people to get childcare: not everyone has someone to look after their child (particularly if your family are shielding)

Surely this should have been announced at the start of term so parents could plan in advance ?

We have encrypted memory sticks and encrypted laptops.

I had no idea about this till we got an email from school about it today.
DS's High School have said they're not doing it, (go headteacher ).
Its last day anyway so only in till lunch

Talking about what operating system a school would be using is not the same is using a USB Flash drive . If you are meaning cloud storage, many schools can not afford the monthly subscription for something like Office 365.
You were originally talking about USB flash drives and security so I’ll go back to that.

A lot of schools still allow them yes-you couldn’t run BBC Microbits, Raspberry Pis or other kit in class or clubs, without allowing those ports. The USB flash drive a teacher has will often have something like Bitlocker on it, in case lost or stolen. Exam boards still ask for coursework on USB flash drives. So yes, I’m still convinced you are either an incompetent Chair of Governors or not one at all

Well said. I love the comments about how every school they know runs on cloud versions of Microsoft and the don't understand how others don't.
It's gone from claims of being a governor who is given data about what staff do in their holidays with general claims about the profession, to nobody being able to use memory sticks, to operating systems and not understanding how some schools don't have a cloud based system.

Add in the rather patronising nature of the posts and it's hard to believe that MarieG10 has the range of experiences in schools that they claim.

Hmm, I'm rather enjoying imagining what responses my staff colleagues (not to mention my HT) would have given to any governor who attempted to extract such information about our holiday periods.