OT. Schools...normality and Coronavirus.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I don't care if bean counters are downgraded in value. I know my clients well enough to overcome that and don't have long to go.... **** em

[Geoff Parkstone]

Perfectly clear rA, but those who probably don't follow it should get back to school ASAP for additional maths lessons.

Or the poster needs to understand the problems of posting unformatted data vua cut n paste

[Trickytreesreds]

Perfectly clear rA, but those who probably don't follow it should get back to school ASAP for additional maths lessons.

Or the poster needs to understand the problems of posting unformatted data vua cut n paste

Apologies GP. I probably deserve a flogging in the accounting world for such a sin.

[mistaram]

That is a shame, they should be leading on that kind of decision making, after all it effects us all.

Yes your right Adi ,what I can't understand though is why private schools are not opening

[ramAnag]

Yes your right Adi ,what I can't understand though is why private schools are not opening

Many of them have a ‘boarding’ facility, mista, which brings additional complications re; social distancing.

The government’s leadership has, imo, been poor throughout...why should they be any different on schools?
Regions are impacted differently and, as Ram59 pointed out, some schools are better equipped for social distancing than others, so, imo, at this stage leadership needs to be based on knowledge of regions and individual schools.

[Andy_Faber]

Yes your right Adi ,what I can't understand though is why private schools are not opening

Litigation

[ramAnag]

Litigation

Absolutely...and that’s not just in public schools.

My first spell as an Acting Head coincided with the ‘Legionnaires’ crisis which necessitated the thorough testing of all water sources throughout the school. After about a week the caretaker went off sick for a month and the Authority made it clear that testing would be my responsibility.
It was the most stressful aspect of the whole period, and goes someway to explain the reluctance of Heads and Governors to be as accommodating as some would like in this current crisis.
Local Authorities can be very expert at abdicating responsibility when the you know what hits the fan.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Yes your right Adi ,what I can't understand though is why private schools are not opening

Also consider that private schools with boarding facilities and significant numbers of overseas students are quite possibly still open, especially if those students would have been repatriated into covid hotpots when lockdown started end of March.

Not just private schools either - a number of students at my son's university (both overseas and UK) are doing lock down in halls of residence

[Geoff Parkstone]

Apologies GP. I probably deserve a flogging in the accounting world for such a sin.

Nowt to do with accounting, its IT 1.01 in college!

[mistaram]

Many of them have a ‘boarding’ facility, mista, which brings additional complications re; social distancing.

The government’s leadership has, imo, been poor throughout...why should they be any different on schools?
Regions are impacted differently and, as Ram59 pointed out, some schools are better equipped for social distancing than others, so, imo, at this stage leadership needs to be based on knowledge of regions and individual schools.

Yes we continue to get mixed messages about practically every thing Apparently now we don't need the 2mtr rule it should only be 1mtr because France Hong Kong and China have done it The W.H.O have always said 1mtr. If we do adopt it should really help in a lot of businesses even pubs and cafes But a lot of 2mtrs apart signs being made redundant