Worryingly SOME schools are referring parents who have refused to return their children to in-person education (due to the absence of scientifically recognised mitigations) to social services under ‘safeguarding’ reasons.
These schools know that fining parents will not force them to return their children.
These schools know that punitive measures for truancy will not hold up in court and will be costly to pursue - parents have legal representation in place.
These schools know that these parents have never had any safeguarding or attendance issues prior to covid.
Right now we’re discussing with one of our team of parents the absolutely agonising decision they have to make for Monday.
There are many many parents facing this right now in the U.K.
They’ve kept their primary child remote learning and refused to return them to an indoor setting that has no scientifically recognised mitigations for an airborne virus.
The school already has cases.
The school have given them an ultimatum, that they expect the child in school on Monday or they will start the prosecution process.
(The wording was a little more sinister than that ‘fines or something else’ implying social services referrals??)
We are a grassroots campaign group, following the science and calling for in-person education to NOT unnecessarily and knowingly expose children, staff and their families to increased risk of infection.
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We support all genuine calls for all scientifically recognised mitigations that reduce risk of exposure to infection.
We don’t have a hierarchy.
We don’t have or require funding.
We are outspoken.
We are often direct.
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We are all from varying backgrounds, with different experiences throughout this pandemic.
We believe one size does not fit all with regards to education provision.
We support staff, parents, children and their wider family members and communities who continue to be gaslighted.
TIME TO TACKLE BRITISH EXCEPTIONALIST AND ABHORRENT ABLEIST RHETORIC
Increasingly it seems @educationgovuk , some paediatric professionals, some school leaders, most media journalists and even some parents spout the line that it’s okay for children to be infected because…
1. “Children mostly have a mild infection”
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2. “Very few children die”
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3. “Children who don’t return to pre-infection health swiftly have underlying conditions “