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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

To ask how are parents getting their kids to school when they have Covid?

19 replies

AvocadoHo · 21/03/2022 22:34

My daughter had covid last week, thankfully she wasn't too poorly with it. She stayed home and myself and husband tested daily, husband tested positive on Wednesday and myself on Friday.

Both myself and husband haven't been too ill just annoying cough and tiredness.

Daughter is 7 and tested negative on Saturday and Sunday so was fine to return to school today.

With both myself and her dad both still testing positive and having symptoms we are at a loss how to get her to school on time and safely.

No family or friends near by, school doesn't have drive up access so not able to drive up and drop and traffic is so bad around school run time we wouldn't be able to do it anyway.

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WombatStewForTea · 21/03/2022 22:36

I've got a kid in my class who's parents are both positive. Mum is driving to the front entrance at 9am after all the parents have left and we're collecting from the car and he's leaving 20min early in the same way

Teddybearen · 21/03/2022 22:37

You don’t technically need to isolate now according to the law so can’t you just take her as normal but wear a mask and keep away from people?

SleepingSausages · 21/03/2022 22:37

Just put a mask on and go just before doors close so less busy. Or 5 minutes late and explain to office.

Don't you know any of the other parents? Drop at theirs and let them take her?

Ballcactus · 21/03/2022 22:38

I’ve walked her to school and back and stayed away from people

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AvocadoHo · 21/03/2022 22:39

I don't drive and work in education, people who I work with also have children who attend dd's school and some older siblings of children I care for go and I'm very weary of being seen not to be being responsible.

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Superstar22 · 21/03/2022 22:41

Don’t send her. It’s a week of missed school & keeps everyone else safe.

MintJulia · 21/03/2022 22:44

Mask up and take her anyway. Stay outside in the fresh air and away from anyone else. You'll have spent all weekend with your DD so walking her to school won't make any difference.

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AvocadoHo · 21/03/2022 22:45

@MintJulia

Mask up and take her anyway. Stay outside in the fresh air and away from anyone else. You'll have spent all weekend with your DD so walking her to school won't make any difference.

I'm not worried about DD so much just other people. The school is always so crowded at drop off time, they haven't opened up playground since lockdown so everyone's crowded on pavement.

Also, because if where I work, I'm weary of being seen to be being irresponsible.

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GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 21/03/2022 22:46

Speak to the school - they should be able to make arrangements.

You can’t not take her - kids have missed enough school, and also you aren’t allowed to not take her if she’s well and negative.

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AvocadoHo · 21/03/2022 22:50

@GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing

Speak to the school - they should be able to make arrangements.

You can’t not take her - kids have missed enough school, and also you aren’t allowed to not take her if she’s well and negative.

I know.

I'm not keen on her to miss any more school. She was classed as clinically vulnerable until January 2022 so has been home and isolating through all lockdowns.

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sparepantsandtoothbrush · 21/03/2022 22:57

Also, because if where I work, I'm weary of being seen to be being irresponsible

Can't DH take her?

AnnaSW1 · 21/03/2022 23:02

Our school asks you to still take them in so that's what everyone does.

StripyHorse · 21/03/2022 23:04

@Teddybearen

You don’t technically need to isolate now according to the law so can’t you just take her as normal but wear a mask and keep away from people?

In England.

In Wales, Scotland and Ireland you are still required to isolate.

Justgorgeous · 21/03/2022 23:13

@Superstar22 Why ? The child is negative, how ridiculous to suggest another week off.

ProfessorScarlett · 21/03/2022 23:18

Just take her as usual. No need to isolate anymore. I'd see you as more irresponsible for preventing your dd from attending school than I would for walking to school with a mild virus.

Mariposista · 21/03/2022 23:24

Don't care about other people and their gossiping (easier said than done). As you have said, you have no other options, you can't drive and drop her near, you can't rely on someone else, so you have to make sure she gets into school safely and gets her education, while minimising risk to others as much as possible. Sorry, but people have to have a it of give and take and if they are harsh on you, would they like to help you out? Come and get your child from your house and take her? Let them shut up with their judgemental comments and think for a change, that lady is doing her best to get her kid into school while taking EVERYONE's safety (including her kid's) into account.

maddening · 22/03/2022 00:05

You no longer need to isolate with covid in England

Teacupsandtoast · 22/03/2022 00:11

If you're in England, just take her to school. It's allowed, what's the issue?

Hospedia · 22/03/2022 00:57

Ask the school what their guidance is on this. Yes, in England you don't have to self-isolate now but some schools have individual policies for covid and some local authorities have issued instructions to schools in their area. Our LA have said covid-positive children still need to isolate, they can return to school if they test negative two days in a row from day 5 onwards or on day 10 (whichever happens sooner). They have also said that schools are allowed to insist that parents come to collect symptomatic children and can insist those children are not allowed back into school until they show a negative test. They have also issued guidance on symptomatic parents which says we should take our DC in 10mins late and collect them 10mins early to minimise contact with other parents, staff, and pupils. Our area is a hotspot though and there are outbreaks in several local schools which I'd why this has all been issued.

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