Coronavirus: Parents and teachers react to UK school closures | 5 News

► Millions of parents and teachers have raised concerns about what happens with exams, free school meals, and the children of key workers.

Schools across the UK are closed in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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[dimer_dozen]

Boris: We are closing all schools but keeping them open.

[mollys]

Poor decision to close nurseries and schools

[ZA-oieu]

Something fishy is going on .how come on earth are key workers are working and their children are going to school.and everyone else is staying at home. 😮😮😮 😮

[keepitpg]

I work in a school as a dinner lady and a cleaner and from Monday all cleaners will work less hours and the kids will be staying in the school but only will use one area because there are less students. Since the outbreak of corona virus start we still cleaning in the same hours and use the same products nothing change, in the school I work they even don’t have hand sanitise in the reception . I could send my daughter to school but why would I want she confined in a small space with kids who’s parents work in hospitals or supermarkets and potentially catch the virus and spread to others . The school are full of germs, most cleaners don’t clean properly, a toilet in a school is only clean one time in a day if you think how many children’s use them is a lot of germs going there

[linlindsay]

I can tell you special need schools are still open because everyone has EHCP but majority of parents unwilling to take their children home even for students with underlying heath issues and everyday our tiny classroom is packed. Thanks Boris, I just pray none of us will be infected

[steventhomas]

I work in a school children on free school meals will still get fed children with special educational needs to still attend school and so are children of key workers if BOTH parents are “key workers’

[spaced]

Schools are not been closed. They are very much open. The key workers list covered almost everyone and teachers will be expected to be at school Monday morning. Teachers are having to put their own children into school to look after your children.

[forzabowe]

Poor decision, how are people going to manage being off school for months on end ?

[deelau]

What's the dilemma when you have a life and death situation ?
Do you really want to lie on the sick bed to realise

[trevorMT]

The genie is out of the bottle the angel of death is now stalking the planet