Summer Term set back to November [MAYBE/Confident :P]

[Plank]

Like the government had said, I highly doubt schools will be closed because there are few advantages of doing so. When the schools reopen, the virus will just spread then.

A much better way, which will probably happen anyway, is just to close schools as and when they need to be closed. There is no point closing EVERY single school across the country when the vast majority of these schools will be able to operate normally. When a single school gets hit badly by the virus, and when the staff shortages/pupil shortages become too much, then the school should close for a short period. By the time the school which has been affected reopens, most of the pupils will have already had the virus and will be immune from it. Closing all the schools means too much work will be missed unnecessarily.

Last December a school near me (in Norwich) was closed for about a week because of the norovirus which meant there weren't enough staff.

Sickness bug closes high school


A Norfolk high school has been forced to close because of an outbreak of gastroenteritis.
Sprowston Community High school will shut on Thursday and re-open on Tuesday 16 December.
When staff and students first showed symptoms on Monday, students were advised about basic germ control, and the school was deep cleaned.
Now more than 200 students and 20% of staff are absent so the school has closed to stop the spread of infection.
A further deep clean will be carried out before pupils and staff will be allowed to return.

The swine flu spread should be managed in the same way.

Bloody hell, its only killing like 1%? if that.. Seriously, just send the bratty children back to school i cant be doing with them!!!

Much less than that. More like 0.1%

[Mickword]

My Dad works for Cambridgeshire County Council (Management)

Ohhhh, Fancy!

[efq]

Ohhhh, Fancy!

What are you trying to imply?

[Urnuph]

any more news on this?

[Remote]

Unlucky if so because I wouldn't fancy staying in for an extra month next year. (thats the plan!)

[Caution]

I'd hate to be off until then. If it does happen, I hope it's just England.

[user130523]

yeah anymore news on this?
just i go back next wednesday (19th) but i want that to change

[efq]

I don't know anything cause my Dad won't tell me YET. He said that due to not every school getting it all schools will open. Although if 1 student even feels ill, the school will be shut. If it persistant in all schools then they will close the schools again, in hoping that they will come back resistant to it. (********!)

[GommeInc]

What a waste of time, money and effort. Just keep them open - if someone gets it, they go home just like with any other illness :/ Besides, an extra month off is a waste, they may as well tell them to have the year off, they've got to go back at some point and an extra month means nothing, especially when winter flu hits in winter i.e. November/December, not September/October.

Have they not taken into consideration that when children are off from school, that doesn't mean they sit in their room all day? They're going to be outside, mixing with other people - which means they're spreading the virus (which would appear to be aload of rubbish now, it's gone quiet, yet again after some slight hype).

[Cyndia]

Yeah, I feel like they're going to end up keeping it open because there's just too many cons to closing it.

No matter to me though, I'm American