What will schools do when kids get the inevitable temperatures over winter?

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Won't they be having to close down every 5 minutes? So many will get temperatures over autumn/winter as they always do. Or will the schools just rely on people getting kids tested ASAP and then close for 2 weeks if someone tests positive? I'm struggling to see how it will work in practice

It is confusing, but one para refers to if you’re already isolating because you’ve been contacted by track & trace or your ‘bubble’ has been asked to isolate. The other is if the individual has symptoms. SO confusing & a nightmare for schools & parents to navigate

The rules are different for 1. people with symptoms and 2. for people who have been in contact with a confirmed positive Covid case.

Yeah I get it now, thank you

@mac12

It is confusing, but one para refers to if you’re already isolating because you’ve been contacted by track & trace or your ‘bubble’ has been asked to isolate. The other is if the individual has symptoms. SO confusing & a nightmare for schools & parents to navigate

Exactly

If a pupil has symptoms and gets a negative test - They can return to school when their symptoms have gone.

If a pupil is isolating because another pupil in their bubble tested positive, but they then get symptoms themselves and have a test which comes back as negative - They must stay off for 14 days because they could still develop the virus.

I think i've got that right, it's VERY confusing.

This plan is more disruptive to working parents. school open, parents and employers know where they are at. School closed, shit but parents and employers know where they are at. This plan? Daily questions of is the school open, are yo isolating, do we have enough workers to open today, tomorrow , customers - is this service open today? etc.

@Ickabog I’m hoping that, In my rural area of Scotland anyway, that the prevalence in the community will continue to be tiny so that chances of the kids actually getting it will also be small. I may be being too optimistic though

I'm confused! So if your child is vulnerable or you have a family member who is at risk and you want your child to wear a mask at school to reduce the risk the schools can say no and remove the mask from the child?! That's crazy, surely it should be the right of the family to decide.

[quote AlaskaThunderfuckHiiiiiiiii]@Ickabog I’m hoping that, In my rural area of Scotland anyway, that the prevalence in the community will continue to be tiny so that chances of the kids actually getting it will also be small. I may be being too optimistic though[/quote]
I think this will probably be the case. I expect rural schools on the whole will be less disrupted - they are generally smaller so less students to bring in an infection, parents will be more likely to work outdoors or in small businesses, less scope for large indoor gatherings outside of school. Whereas in a city schools tend to be bigger, students mix with students from other schools on buses and at activities.

We may or may not have a second wave, but we definitely will have staff and children of staff going off with fevers and coughs and the self-isolation rules are going to cause problematic teacher shortages, even before we consider a single case of Covid.

Can I just check - if you've been contacted by track and trace you have to isolate for 14 days irrespective of negative result.

Does track and trace tell anyone? Or could parents either:

• send their kids anyway because school won't know
• claim they have been contacted in order for kids to stay off school

Is track and trace data confidential?

My issue really is I massively don't trust other parents, and with no distancing kids/teachers are vulnerable because of other people's choices.

@labyrinthloafer now you know why teachers might have been nervous or concerned about going to school to provide cover for KW and vulnerable children. All the waxing lyrical on here about 'just think of the vulnerable children' stuff was laughable. Vulnerable sometimes means children of the feckless or reckless. The very parents who weren't remotely acting in accordance with lockdown rules. I had to look after siblings whose mum is a prostitute. She kept working throughout. Nice and safe for all involved!

It's going to be an utter mess. If I'm sent home (secondary teacher) and have to isolate for 7 days but my family have to for 14 days in reality I will have to be off for 14 days also as I'm a single parent and can't leave my 10 year old at home.

The only way this can be managed is if secondary school children are tested once a week, otherwise it’s going to be chaos. You have to show the school your results every week, any positive test you have to self isolate for 14 days.

@Alex50

The only way this can be managed is if secondary school children are tested once a week, otherwise it’s going to be chaos. You have to show the school your results every week, any positive test you have to self isolate for 14 days.

We don't have anywhere near the capacity for that.

I hope we do by September or children will be off school more than they will be in it.

@Alex50

I hope we do by September or children will be off school more than they will be in it.

We won't. They were hoping for 200k tests a day weren't they?

There's more than 3 million secondary pupils.

Plus how many parents actually want to shove a swab up their kid's nose on a weekly basis?