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To ask if all windows are still open at your DC's schools?

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Holis · 13/12/2022 08:25

So there is a parent in DS3 (year 5)'s class who is very covid conscious- big follower of independent sage and people like Deepti Gurdasani.

She's constantly been in contact with the school to demand more covid 'protections' in the school- this has resulted in DS's class having to have windows open at all times, masking, distancing etc even when these measures have no longer been required elsewhere in the school.

It has now come to a head due to the current temperatures as the teacher has closed the windows as she and the DC wee freezing. The parent has been straight into the head to complain. As far as I know there are no health issues in either parent or DC.

Are windows all still open at your DC's schools and are parents reasonable in demanding they be kept open in class?

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Athenen0ctua · 13/12/2022 08:29

Windows shut! Nice and warm at DS's school

RachelSq · 13/12/2022 08:29

If they were, I’d be demanding they were shut. It’s way too cold for them to be open. Whilst I know being cold doesn’t cause illness directly, I know how exhausted and miserable I feel when I’m freezing and it takes days to feel better. Kids shouldn’t be subjected to that because of one parent. The school needs to stand up to them and say no!

ReformedWaywardTeen · 13/12/2022 08:29

What on earth?

So the teacher and school give in because of one parent?

No, no windows open here and kids can wear masks if they feel comfortable doing so.

There is no legal requirement for any of these anymore and after my DS being so unwell with chest infections due to windows being open in freezing weather I'm pleased as is he (has lung conditions).

School needs to tell her where to go.

babybythesea · 13/12/2022 08:31

Nope. In my school we are totally back to normal. We have one staff member who is extremely vulnerable and had a lot
of measures in place. Even she has stopped and is back to normal. Children won’t learn if they are freezing.

bridgetreilly · 13/12/2022 08:32

If the parent doesn’t like it, she is free to withdraw her child from the school.

CharityShopChic · 13/12/2022 08:32

She's constantly been in contact with the school to demand more covid 'protections' in the school-

Why are school going along with this? They should not be listening to a random woman "demanding" anything. They should be telling her that the rules are X,Y and Z, and they won't be doing more than that.

Starlightstarbright1 · 13/12/2022 08:33

Nope. My Ds is freezing at school already. He has said heaters can't go on...
I am buying him thermal t shirt today..

I would be writing a letter refusing for my dc to wear a mask now.. assuming you are in the uk.. they are no requirements , even in hospitals

Whinge · 13/12/2022 08:35

this has resulted in DS's class having to have windows open at all times, masking, distancing etc even when these measures have no longer been required elsewhere in the school.

So one parent has complained and now an entire class have to socially distance, wear masks and keep the windows open? That's ridiculous, and I can't believe the school have been bending over backwards to accommodate this.

The teacher, and all of the other class parents need to speak to the headteacher / senior leadership team. Just how long does this parent expect the children and staff to carry on with this?

RaRaRaspoutine · 13/12/2022 08:59

Said parent needs to be told where to go.

SoupaDoupa · 13/12/2022 09:11

The school needs to have a word with the parent. The world has moved on and the parent obviously has some kind of anxiety issue. I feel bad for the child having to live with the repercussions of the overly cautious covid paranoia.

Windows shut, masks off, the world is fairly back to normal. Why be so selfish that everyone else has to suffer.

They can F right off to home learning if they're not happy!

Purplechicken207 · 13/12/2022 09:11

Send them the research about changes in how your body has to compensate at lower temps (I think it was 16 or even 18 when sitting still?). Googling should find it.
Kids won't concentrate and learn if it's that cold and blowing a gale through the windows.
And if she has a problem with it and is so concerned about covid, she can homeschool

Sartre · 13/12/2022 09:13

She can homeschool if she’s that covid conscious still. Absolutely ridiculous to expect the whole class to freeze just to suit her anxiety.

SeenAndNot · 13/12/2022 09:16

That’s nuts. I assume windows are shit at my kids school. I’d rather my kids sat in warm classrooms and the school doesn’t throw money away heating the outside air.

Brrrrrrrrrrrr · 13/12/2022 09:16

Madness, windows shut will literally incubate Strep A and god knows whatever else to create the ideal situation for outbreaks. Poor ventilation is scientifically proven to be a leading factor in spreading Covid and lots of other airborne viruses, schools in the UK are yet to catch up with the science behind air filtration so instead classrooms are breeding grounds for a whole host of bugs.

RudsyFarmer · 13/12/2022 09:21

Depends on the teacher at our school. Some teachers have the classroom 1000 degrees and some have windows slightly open. Doors are routinely left open when the kids charge out to do PE etc but I think that’s accidental.

Tdcp · 13/12/2022 09:22

the windows and doors are shut at our school but the kids have all been wearing coats hats and gloves in class as there's no heating on.. dd is 8

TheUsualChaos · 13/12/2022 09:25

Utter madness. I would be speaking to school to ask them to stop making the class suffer. We can't live our lives in fear of various infections.

Kids can't learn if they are sat there feeling so cold. It must be completely miserable for them. The headteacher needs to grow a backbone and tell the parent that they can't continue like this.

Spendonsend · 13/12/2022 09:26

The guidelines said that opening the windows for a short burst at various points in the day was enough anyway. So if the school have risk assessed and want to follow old guidelines - they literally need only open the windows for 5 minutes at a time maybe between lessons.

Notanotherone6 · 13/12/2022 09:42

No. It's minus 3 outside. Of course the windows aren't open. How the hell is anyone expected to function in the freezing cold?

sevenbyseven · 13/12/2022 09:46

How can schools possibly afford to heat classrooms with all the windows open? It might be good for infection control but budget control is important too. As is warmth!

Tdcp · 13/12/2022 10:10

Notanotherone6 · 13/12/2022 09:42

No. It's minus 3 outside. Of course the windows aren't open. How the hell is anyone expected to function in the freezing cold?

That's exactly what they have been doing since 2020..

Athenen0ctua · 13/12/2022 10:11

I would have emailed about it long ago. Windows open while sitting still in these temperatures is a health risk.

Gingercatlover · 13/12/2022 10:14

Fire doors still open in some class rooms at the school I work in.

If I am in that room it's closed and the heater on, also teachers still using the plug in air monitors.

Oysterbabe · 13/12/2022 10:17

Absolutely not. That's bonkers.

Athenen0ctua · 13/12/2022 10:23

Those poor children! Some might not be going home to warm homes either so may be cold all day.

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