Would you keep kids off school

[Littlemiss74]

Mother in law funeral this week which we need to travel for. Covid cases increasing in both schools although so far not in their year. Would you keep dc’s at home for next couple of days?

Yes

No.

Sorry for your loss OP. Just do what's right for your family. If that's keeping them off, it's keeping them off.

Thank you @beentoldcomputersaysno I really don’t know what to do. It’s a tricky time as it is, I just don’t need them or us getting it this week & have to miss funeral! But part of me thinks we have to get on with life.

Yes, I would hope school would be sympathetic. Sorry for your loss.

Yes I would

I wouldn't but do what you need to

Yes I think so x sorry for your kids OP xx

No wouldn't cross my mind personally

I know. It's rubbish it's been allowed to get so rife. People are having to make shitty decisions like this all the time. It's not your fault covid is so prevalent in schools. You're facing a rubbish choice this week, both have drawbacks, so just do what you need to do and what's right for you guys.

Plenty of parents on here were taking kids out of school last term so holiday plans wouldn't get ruined. Thousands have felt there's no choice but to withdraw kids from school completely. Everyone is different.

Yes, assuming you have all isolated over the weekend and will do until travel, I would as they won’t be able to travel and presumably you would have to stay home with them and miss the funeral as well.

Yes we did exactly the same due to my fil’s funeral - both schools were sympathetic and put it down as isolation - this however was before the rule change

Yes. You do not want to have to miss an important funeral for the sake of a couple of days of school. One of the kids catching covid could mean the whole family missing the funeral.

I'm sorry for your loss

Thank you everyone, just to clarify we are not travelling abroad but we will need to stay overnight as it’s not local to us.

@jb23newmum thank you that’s made me feel better & that my thinking is not unreasonable - what do you mean before the rule change? There have been so many rule changes I can’t keep up sometimes! They are already having 2 days off but as @MsAwesomeDragon says it is important and in the grand scheme of their education I don’t think 4 days off will make much difference.
Just hoping they haven’t already picked it up from school! Testing tonight so keeping fingers crossed.

I would. And my SIL did exactly this last term. School was sympathetic (but they would have done it anyway, as I would have done in the same position).

Sorry for your loss.

The last lot of rules ie if someone was a close contact you had to isolate (even though none of us were positive) It maybe worth mentioning to the school and see what their thoughts are ?

Thank you @barnanabas I think I have to do it. There may only be a small chance of them getting it out of the whole school but if it happened and we couldn’t go I’d regret it.

I definitely would in your position tbh, I think the school will understand to. So sorry for your loss x

Thank you @Fairylightsforever23 I feel better hearing others saying they would as I wondered if I was being over cautious. The thing is they are not in key school years like gcse so they can catch up on what they miss, whereas you can’t catch up if you miss a funeral.

I would keep them off.

I would. I know someone who wasnt able to attend mil funeral due to isolation.

It will be good when more kids are vaxxed that want to be so it reduces the chances as a family of missing important things.