Do you think it's crazy that the non working parent of a front line worker, can send their child to school?

[goldengranny]

Surely it makes sense to keep these children at home with that parent rather than send them into school where they may infect teachers and other more vulnerable children? They are more likely to be infected at home, so am I unreasonable to think this is crazy?

They are on the list of people to send children to school...only one parent needs to be a front line worker.

Personally I think it's bloody selfish.

The guidance also says that children should stay at home if they possibly and safely can. So to me that says if you have another non key worker parent who can look after them, you don’t use school.

It’s very contradictory and unclear. And as we have seen, as long as guidance is unclear, some people will take the piss.

I expect/hope there will be more detail in the coming days as the govt works out the loopholes and issues guidance to deal with them.

Schools will likely enforce this. My daughter's school have made it very clear that regardless of who is a frontline worker, if someone can look after the child at home then they are not bringing them to school. Each parent will sign in each child and give the head the reason the child must be at school. DH and I are both teachers but not due to be in at the same time so will not be sending our child to her school.

I think schools will have to be very clear and strict.

Well the guidance is clear that they shouldn't. It states clearly children should only go to school if there is absolutely no way they can be safely kept at home.

I''m not sure this is true.

My friend is a teacher but her DS isn't being allowed to attend school as my friend's ex (who's an arse) isn't a keyworker. Her DS is expected to go to her ex.

She's worried that if her DS gets ill, he'll be in isolation at her ex's, who's a bloody useless dad.

Lots of DC in the same boat I imagine.

DS's school isn't allowing this. They are requiring proof as to why the other parent can't look after the child if only one parent is a key worker.

I'm glad to see schools are not allowing this. It definitely said only one parent needs to be a front line worker on one of the endless streams of information