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To not send Dd to school on Thursday?

24 replies

KateyCuckoo · 21/04/2023 19:57

Dd's school have emailed today to lay out the plans for the strike days. On Thursday her year group are to go in from 11am, the rest of the school are not in at all. She gets the (school) bus to and from school every day and this will not be laid on for the later start. Dh and I will both be working so will make getting her there very difficult.

AIBU to just keep her home that day?

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arethereanyleftatall · 21/04/2023 20:00

If she's the only year going in, I guess she's an important year - GCSE's?

MrBit · 21/04/2023 20:01

Will one of her friends parents give her a lift ?

MuffinToSeeHere · 21/04/2023 20:02

If she's the only year group in them I'm assuming she's in yr11? Surely she can get herself to school or a friend can give her a lift?

elliejjtiny · 21/04/2023 20:05

Yanbu but the school will most likely not be happy.

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KateyCuckoo · 21/04/2023 20:06

No she's year 7 and it's middle school. She can't get herself there.

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ZuckerwatterMaus · 21/04/2023 20:08

I would keep her off .

Itwasnaeme · 21/04/2023 20:09

Not a problem at all

Pixiedust1234 · 21/04/2023 20:10

Email the school and point out DD catches the school bus and has no other way to get there. Since school won't be open at the normal time then DD won't be attending.

Even if they say someone will let her onto the school premises, ie receptionist, there is no guarantee the bus company will be running the bus on strike days.

Soapboxqueen · 21/04/2023 20:10

Email/call the school on Monday and ask if she can go in for a normal start time. Explain the situation about transport.

You can keep her off but it may go down as unauthorised

Foundryside · 21/04/2023 20:14

Is the school bus on at all on Thursday? If it’s running at the usual times, could she go in at the normal time and wait somewhere in the school until 11am?

I’m presuming that if she qualifies for a place on the school bus, you live too far away to walk.
My DC also gets a school bus due to the distance we live from the school, and if the bus is not running for whatever reason, then the pupils who get the school bus are marked down as having an authorised absence if they can’t make it in.
Will they at least mark it as an authorised absence if she can’t get there?

Itwasnaeme · 21/04/2023 20:18

Maybe phone and say she isn't willing to cross a picket line?

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KateyCuckoo · 21/04/2023 20:19

The bus won't run Thursday morning, it only goes to her school so they'll be no one to pick up. It will probably run Thursday afternoon. The email just says there will be no additional transport running.

We are about 4.5 miles away and it's village to village.

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Everydayimhuffling · 21/04/2023 20:21

I wouldn't bother, personally, unless she was GCSE year, and even then revision at home might be better depending what the school are doing/how motivated your kid is.

arethereanyleftatall · 21/04/2023 20:21

I'd just keep her off

BelleMarionette · 21/04/2023 20:23

Why would the school do this? It's completely rediculous if there is no public transport.

T0rt0ise · 21/04/2023 20:32

To help working parents as year 7 are the most likely year group not to be able to be left alone at home for the day whilst the parents go to work.

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KateyCuckoo · 21/04/2023 20:34

T0rt0ise · 21/04/2023 20:32

To help working parents as year 7 are the most likely year group not to be able to be left alone at home for the day whilst the parents go to work.

Why year 7? That would be year 5 surely?

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ArmatureDramatics · 21/04/2023 20:37

The teaching unions clearly don't think it's important for children to be at school, so I would keep her off on those grounds.

Foundryside · 21/04/2023 20:50

If the bus won’t be on, then they surely can’t demand that pupils who get the school bus attend school that day.

Although I’d call / email the school on Monday, and ask if it’ll be an authorised absence given that the bus won’t be running.

Itwasnaeme · 21/04/2023 20:51

ArmatureDramatics · 21/04/2023 20:37

The teaching unions clearly don't think it's important for children to be at school, so I would keep her off on those grounds.

Yawn

Mummyoflittledragon · 21/04/2023 20:53

Are you on a parents WhatsApp from primary in your village? I was with dd. A Sahp may be willing to help out if your dd walks to their house. Otherwise, yes, she will have to stay at home.

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KateyCuckoo · 21/04/2023 20:58

Mummyoflittledragon · 21/04/2023 20:53

Are you on a parents WhatsApp from primary in your village? I was with dd. A Sahp may be willing to help out if your dd walks to their house. Otherwise, yes, she will have to stay at home.

No she left First school 3 years ago at the start of lockdown. She has a couple of friends who also get the bus but they'll be in the same position as us though i haven't spoke to them yet.

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Woodywoodpeckerharrison · 21/04/2023 21:32

Ridiculous of the school. Keep her off. Sometimes I think schools have no comprehension that parents have jobs to go to.

thelionthewitchtheaudacityofTHISbitch · 21/04/2023 21:49

Just email in advance. You wont be the only parent whose child doesn't have public transport.

PS Schools have plenty of comprehension that parents work. Support staff are all required to be in at my school. So we have already communicated to parents which year groups can be taught in school and which cant.

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