There will be a lot of parents and their employers releived that they are opening
>“Schools cannot, and should not, be operating with only teachers present.
>“This is dangerous and does not provide a suitable learning environment.
>“It is abhorrent that the council should think it appropriate to open secondary schools without the appropriate and relevant support staff.
>“Other local authorities are taking a less antagonistic approach by closing schools to pupils and teachers on strike days in the interests of protecting their health and safety.”
Is the full quote. We have safe staffing ratios for a reason. If you remove a quarter to half of that what the fuck do you think will be the result?
All so the teachers who do come in (instead of calling in sick out of solidarity or taking parental leave cos their own children’s school prioritised safety and did shut) will have to unsafely babysit the pupils they are supposed to educate because the council is trying to strike break.
I’m fairly sure that you can’t legaly operate schools below the government mandated staff levels. As for cleaning / facilities management, that has its own legal criteria under the H&S framework.
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There will be a lot of parents and their employers releived that they are opening
>“Schools cannot, and should not, be operating with only teachers present.
>“This is dangerous and does not provide a suitable learning environment.
>“It is abhorrent that the council should think it appropriate to open secondary schools without the appropriate and relevant support staff.
>“Other local authorities are taking a less antagonistic approach by closing schools to pupils and teachers on strike days in the interests of protecting their health and safety.”
Is the full quote. We have safe staffing ratios for a reason. If you remove a quarter to half of that what the fuck do you think will be the result?
All so the teachers who do come in (instead of calling in sick out of solidarity or taking parental leave cos their own children’s school prioritised safety and did shut) will have to unsafely babysit the pupils they are supposed to educate because the council is trying to strike break.
I’m fairly sure that you can’t legaly operate schools below the government mandated staff levels. As for cleaning / facilities management, that has its own legal criteria under the H&S framework.