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3 week plateau, 3 week falling, then schools open?

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AlmostThereKeepMoving · 07/04/2020 21:00

The figures being released are promising.

I’ve said all along that there is absolutely no chance the schools will keep closed until the end of July!

I think it’s looking like they will reopen after May half term.

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CaroleFuckinBaskin · 08/04/2020 18:11

Does seem like a lot of people think anyone talking about it now must want it to happen now.

Yeah it seems like if you are looking at any date before November 2025 then you completely want to disregard any peak and send your kids back into the killer petri dish!

Autumnwindinthewillows · 08/04/2020 18:12

I think it might work if E&W follow the S model and start the winter term early on say 1Aug. There would need to be a longer half term but it could work and give students time to catch up on the missed summer term work

Pomegranatepompom · 08/04/2020 18:17

I do think about schools opening when 1st peak over, it would give me some normality. My poor DC have both parents as key workers, so all the ‘enjoy this lovely quality time’ doesn’t apply up them sadly.
Some of us are giving up a lot - hoping that schools might be open before September quite frankly makes me feel a bit optimistic. I know that’s not rational btw

GoldenOmber · 08/04/2020 18:18

yes quite refraction, how very DARE anyone be thinking about how we get out of this misery and get back to normal, how very SELFISH of people to want a workable alternative to spending the next 18 months cowering under a table wondering when there'll next be eggs at Tesco.

Appuskidu · 08/04/2020 18:20

I think it might work if E&W follow the S model and start the winter term early on say 1Aug. There would need to be a longer half term but it could work and give students time to catch up on the missed summer term work

Though it would mean all the children working bloody hard all term wouldn’t get any summer holiday.

And the government wouldn’t be able to afford to pay all the staff for 6 extra weeks.

GoldenOmber · 08/04/2020 18:22

Did this happen during the Blitz, I wonder?

"gosh I wonder how long this bombing will last?"
"How can you even THINK about an end to the bombing at this time? Don't you know people have died?"

"I suppose rationing will end some point after the war when food supply chains are restored."
"I can't believe you are even considering an end to rationing, don't you know we're in a war???"

"Seems a bit miserable for the kids being shipped off to the countryside, hope this is over soon so they can come home."
"They won't be home for years! Decades! Do you WANT bombs to fall on them? Bet you do you selfish git."

refraction · 08/04/2020 18:22

yes quite refraction, how very DARE anyone be thinking about how we get out of this misery and get back to normal, how very SELFISH of people to want a workable alternative to spending the next 18 months cowering under a table wondering when there'll next be eggs at Tesco.

Dramatic muchHmm

My point being since I have to spell it out. There are many threads on this topic ( schools) this thread even has it in the title. Surely lock down has to be over first. To see your friends and family again. There aren't as many threads on that though. Nope! Hmm

Pomegranatepompom · 08/04/2020 18:22

Some staff haven’t worked through this though have they? There must be a fair way to arrange cover.

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:26

@AlmostThereKeepMoving

Glad it's not just me ( usually is and always fun to get pounced on on here for daring to have an alternate opinion....)

I'm finding it really fucking distasteful tbh. Lucky those who this virus hasn't touched yet, worrying about the fucking schools like it's the main issue here. Yapping one about the 'numbers' and forgetting that these are not just numbers they are PEOPLE, who have left yet more people shocked, bereft and devastated.

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Itoldyouiwasill · 08/04/2020 18:35

My DD is a single parent on minimum wage and currently furloughed.
I haven't seen her for almost 4 weeks and she has been outside of her flat twice in that time for groceries. She wants her child to be safe
Do people not grasp that the virus is here for the time being?
The moment we come out of lockdown the virus has hosts.
Why are people so concerned about getting their precious children back to school? What is this obsession about children being in an environment where they are more at risk of being infected or infecting their teachers and parents?
Keep the children at home for as long as is possible, the virus will be there for a long time to come, even if we buy some time isn't that important?
Sorry loads of question marks there. However I've buried a child ( in different circumstances) and wouldn't wish it on anyone

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:36

My eldest is desperately missing school, friends, hobbies

Diddums. Other children have died ffs. Get a sense of perspective some of you.

refraction · 08/04/2020 18:36

Looking forward I agree. I feel the same.
I am worried about my daughter.

It just seems that is named as the golden goose, the obsession on here over everything else and it's becoming old pretty fast.

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:37

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Lookingforwardtomyeastereggs · 08/04/2020 18:38

t's also not particularly nice having to go to work and wonder when you are going to get it, whether it will kill you and who would look after them if it did. Or wondering if you are going to pass it on to them.

How exactly does someone discussing when the schools might reopen change any of that?

What do you mean learn to look after your own kids? School isn't a babysitting service, it's an education facility, and the government will reopen schools when they decide the risk is low enough to resume education.

Lookingforwardtomyeastereggs · 08/04/2020 18:42

I don't think anyone is obsessed. I think people are waiting, wondering on a lot of things.

Stargazers I think you should get some perspective, you are hysterical because someone spoke about when schools might reopen. Now you are accusing people of not being able to look after their own children, being privileged which is laughable.

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:44

What do you mean learn to look after your own kids? School isn't a babysitting service, it's an education facility

Yes I'm well aware of that, no need for you to be deliberately obtuse. Though actually, the schools near me actually don't function too well as an 'education facility'.The fact remains - if children are not at school being looked after and entertained, they are at home having to be looked after and entertained. Hence the numerous threads on here asking for how to keep them entertained during school holidays.

When children go back is not the main issue in all of this, and I am sick of the numerous threads own it. Oh and to pre-empt - I can still choose to read and post on here if I wish.

refraction · 08/04/2020 18:44

'I don't think anyone is obsessed. I think people are waiting, wondering on a lot of things.'

I disagree after reading posts on here over the last week. My experience granted but I won't be as rude as you and name call.

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:46

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starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:47

I think you should get some perspective

Oh - and I'm also laughing my arse off at the sheer irony of comments like that.,

brentwoodbaby · 08/04/2020 18:48

@starlightgazers I love my kids, love spending time with my kids and cherish every school holiday and weekend. This isn't bout looking after them it's about my secondary school DD having swapped an outstanding grammar school for a stressed mum, trying to do a stressful senior management day job from the kitchen table and whilst trying to look after a toddler. None of us are enjoying life very much at the moment - last couple of weeks have been practically easier because my DH is furloughed but costing us over £1000 a month in real terms which is not sustainable for another 6 months.

DD can attend school as I'm 'technically' a key worker - if they are closed after May half term I will be sending her in. She literally walks to and from school and understands social distancing which is more than I can say for the idiots at the supermarket earlier when I went shopping for the first time in a fortnight. I'm not convinced that closing schools will massively have helped flatten the curve when we're not really in 'lockdown' at all.

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 18:51

I'm 'technically' a key worker

Yes - send her in when she'd be safer at home in case her education suffers or you get too stressed. Logical.

Lookingforwardtomyeastereggs · 08/04/2020 18:53

You don't sound chilled at all, but ok.

You're getting extremely angry at people for speculating about when schools will reopen, because you've decided it shouldn't be a priority. Even though none has actually said it's their first priority. It's just another of many discussions going on right now.

I can't see where anyone has said the things you've accused people of. Only that September isn't a magic month where everything will be ok again.

I'll leave you to enjoy your chilling Grin

starlightgazers · 08/04/2020 19:02

You don't sound chilled at all, but ok

I'll leave you to enjoy your chilling grin

Grin - damn - forgot you were the expert on my current mood and state of mind. Do you use abusive tactics like trying to gaslight people often, or is this just a one off? You do know it's abusive, right? Telling people how they're are thinking and feeling?