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School!

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palacegirl77 · 06/05/2021 17:29

My daughter is in a good group of friends in Y7. One of the group was off today and after school the remaining girls families have been contacted and told their daughters need to isolate. Now all 8 of them are always together, including yesterday - when they had break together and at lunchtime ate together before sitting and playing uno at lunchtime.

So for me its an absolute dead cert that my daughter should be classed as a close contact and we are prepared to keep her at home to do our bit.

However, having contacted the head of house and informed them of this (and pointed out that the pupil must have just forgotten to tell them about my daughter and could they check) I was so taken aback by his attitude. He told me he couldnt possible check and that my daughter absolutely must come into school.

If this was my partner at work, or me after meeting a friend I would totally isolate - the school is wrong here arent they?

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Temp023 · 06/05/2021 17:32

Aren’t you lucky, test her every morning and send her to school.

Solidaritea · 06/05/2021 17:38

I'm not sure I understand. Do you know why they were told to isolate?

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palacegirl77 · 06/05/2021 17:38

Its not about luck though its about doing the right thing isnt it? If it was a case of clear LFT = school then surely all the other girls in the group could do the same?

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Onceuponatime1818 · 06/05/2021 17:40

Maybe they spend the break time etc outside so doesn’t count as close contact?

AfternoonToffee · 06/05/2021 17:47

I would perhaps direct him to the news report of the school having to close due to 100 cases and ask him if he wants to be explaining his role to the council if it was to happen there.

Solidaritea · 06/05/2021 18:25

Can you explain? I'm confused why people are saying the school are wrong when you've not even clarified why the other girls were asked to isolate.

Schools are informed by public health what to do following a case. It normally involves identifying close contacts based on which classes students are in.

If you think it best to keep her off, then do so. It's better than sending her in if you're unsure.

Frazzled2207 · 06/05/2021 20:44

I think I’d send her in but I can see why you wouldn’t want to and the school are crazy if they don’t accept this.
I would be doing daily LFTs though.

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palacegirl77 · 06/05/2021 21:08

@Solidaritea

Can you explain? I'm confused why people are saying the school are wrong when you've not even clarified why the other girls were asked to isolate.

Schools are informed by public health what to do following a case. It normally involves identifying close contacts based on which classes students are in.

If you think it best to keep her off, then do so. It's better than sending her in if you're unsure.

The other girls were told to isolate because the one that was off today has tested positive. My daughter has had the same contact though so I don't understand why she doesn't need to isolate? Waiting for the head to get back to me!
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Nc967125 · 06/05/2021 21:36

Just tell school she had contact out of school and is isolating accordingly

Lupinhere37 · 06/05/2021 21:38

Is this a private school, op? Only asking because you mentioned Head of House?
Our private school has had some slapdash and questionable isolation procedures, which they blame on Public Health frequently changing their advice due to “the nature of the school”. I challenged Public Health last autumn because of a frankly ridiculous situation arising there and they pretty much said that private schools are not a major priority.
Obviously disregard this comment if it’s not a private school!
In my opinion the school is wrong. Your DD is year seven, not aged seven. That’s old enough to know who she has been in close contact with! If she did the same as all the others, then she’s a close contact. I suspect this may boil down to how close she sits to the affected girl in classes though. For some peculiar reason, my DD’s school didn’t classify sitting at meals as a close contactConfused

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palacegirl77 · 06/05/2021 21:44

No it's a state school, they just have 4 houses and for pastoral stuff we contact them. It is odd - my brothers school have a seating plan even for lunchtime...whereas our are only in class. Seems a bit lax if kids are able to "forget" who they sat near at lunchtime!

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Lupinhere37 · 06/05/2021 22:19

@palacegirl77 oh, ok. I think there is an issue when there’s no seating plan. Other schools local to us have seating plans for lunch, so there’s no confusion.
Seems to me, when that happens, they only isolate the classroom contacts and not the other contacts.

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palacegirl77 · 07/05/2021 12:08

Just to update, had an email at 7am and daughter does have to isolate. Thank goodness we checked.

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BlackeyedSusan · 07/05/2021 15:25

Well done. Good job you checked.

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