How many isolations?

[LoopTheLoops]

Just got an email today to say my sons class has to close again and isolate AGAIN, this is the 7th time! Because I have other children it means we all have to stay home and I have to keep the other 2 at home as well for 10 days because I have no one else to do the school run with the others. 7 times now! Yet some people have seemed to only need to isolate once, or not even at all. How many times have you needed to isolate?

@Babymeanswashing

And they should be.

It is NOT good enough, and you are well within your rights to ask for help here.

Agree.

This is what's been happening at schools round here too. Schools don't offer a solution because they don't have time or resources so they say if you can't get the siblings in so be it. What else can they say? I can't believe they wouldn't turn a blind eye. It's not just single mums it's people with two parents where one can't take the time off to get the other children to school. It's doable on a one off but when you end up having to isolate multiple times you can't expect an employer to deal with this. The message is it's up to you to get the kids to school, but if it's illegal for one child to leave the home or be home alone. I hope you're a journalist and going to do a piece about this!

Full 10 day isolation x2 (once back in September 2020 as DD test went AWOL it was actually a 14 day isolation back then as well and the other time due to a bubble bursting just before Xmas)

Have had to isolate quite a few times recently as DD's have been passing a cough back and forth. Thankfully tests have been quick so we've not missed much school.

4 DC all at primary or nursery. We had 5 isolations (between 7 and 12 days long) from September to December last year and same situation of having to keep all 4 off many of those times due to nobody to drop off/collect (a few days DH could do it luckily).
Our school were exactly the same as yours, told to keep them off as no other alternative, imagine how many siblings there are in some schools and they would have to collect from a lot of different homes if there was a couple of bubble closed.
Couldn’t take car as I don’t drive and school is a walk past a 1500 pupil secondary school who are going in and coming out at the same time and on the high street so a lot of foot traffic, so no chance of walking and staying away from anyone.
It sucks, hope the time goes quickly for you all!

No definitely not a journo and hope this isn’t picked up as it’s pretty identifying! I’m glad it’s not just our school then that aren’t offering any solutions because a few posters had doubts about that. Which is the truth, the school told me they are fine with me keeping them at home and doing home learning. I guess they don’t want to pay for taxis or don’t have the staff to pick them up, maybe if we lived closer but we are just over a mile away from the school so it’s probably to inconvenient.

Well there you go looks like it’s not just me whose been told the same! Glad to hear that I’m not alone in this, I have people who can collect in an emergency etc but not someone who can commit to the full school run morning and afternoon for 10 days. It’s annoying that the others are missing out on their education but I’m clearly not the only one in this situation. Each time we’ve been asked to isolate none of us have ever developed any symptoms.

I think this is where you are within your rights to tell the school it isn’t acceptable though, OP.

It’s obviously hard for you but (and sorry if this sounds harsh) it doesn’t mean you don’t have a responsibility. That goes for the school, too.

Neither of you should be shrugging your shoulders.

So your son doesn't actually have the virus not somebody in his class has it?

Can up

The other children must not have their education disrupted any more

Carry on waking there and back each day

All you can do

Mean to add: can you test him?

Testing is not a way out of isolation under the current guidelines (only a way to reduce quarantine time if you come from overseas). My DS had to isolate recently, he had three negative tests in that time (two lateral flow and one PCR) but wasn't allowed back to school.

None at all. One son in primary school.

I work in South East London I would help you if I could x

Twice. Once because DS had a cough and once because DD had a temperature