Hi everyone,
I don't want to start a war, just really need some advice and reassurance (that the gmvt is not giving me atm).
Our family is half italian, so we followed very closely what was happening there also because our friends are family are there right now. It was and is terrifying. When Boris Johnson made announcement on Thursday that barely any measures will be taken it was a bit of a shock.
My kids high school is in a temporary building that has just about 2 sinks x bathroom and 2 bathrooms. They were not provided with hand gel and I can't find any to give them. They take train to and from Heathrow just a few stations from the airport and have barely any means to clean their hands. My partner is asthmatic and my father had a collapsed lung, I suffer chronic bronchitis.
I don't understand why we don't have a choice whether to send kids to school or not. Me and my partner can work from home now, we can look after them. And it should be up to us. I would pull them out, but next week are the Q3 exams. I don't want them to suffer bad grades as they both work their bums off all year round and are really worried about GSCEs and uni.
I know kids don't get that sick, but they are still carriers.
School is being very inflexible and confrontational.
Is there a way for them to re-sit Q3? I don't mind fines, but I don't want their absences to affect their report. Is there a way legally to appeal if they are penalised?
I'm sure I am inviting wrath upon me and I know all gvmt reasoning, no need to retell. My question is if I cannot chose, what can I do?
Thank you