The number of Teesside Schools impacted by Covid and rising

Norman_Conquest

Norman_Conquest

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The Ings Primary School have announced that a member of staff have tested positive for Covid. This brings the total of schools up to 16 that have been impacted by Covid-19 in some way by either a member of staff or a pupil testing positive and the schools have been open less than two weeks.

I am not saying that the staff and pupils became infected due to attending school, this could have been picked up anywhere, but is it really safe to open schools when the number of cases are rising and we are told we cannot be in groups of 6 or more. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Ings Primary School, Redcar
St Aidan's Primary School, Hartlepool
St Benedict's Primary School, Redcar
Ian Ramsey Academy, Stockton
Marton Manor Primary, Middlesbrough
Outwood Ormesby, Middlesbrough
Hemlington Hall Academy, Middlesbrough
Nunthorpe Academy, Middlesbrough
Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough
Kings Academy, Middlesbrough
Lynnfield Primary School, Hartlepool
Ormesby Primary School, Middlesbrough
Outwood Normanby, Middlesbrough (Redcar & Cleveland School)
Stockton Riverside College, Stockton
Acklam Grange, Middlesbrough
Thornaby Primary School, Thornaby

That list is too long.
 
I don't know what the answer is, but there's no question that schools had to go back. The worst thing I have seen though is the amount of parents dropping their kids off then thinking its OK to stand in front of the school gates having a natter, every morning.

One thing this does highlight to me though, is how many people are going about their business either not knowing they have it or thinking that they just have a bit of a cold. The second spike is inevitable now, its just a case of how bad.
 
I think it will become a part of life. The first weeks of school/ university are infamous for the bugs that are passed around.

I think this academic year will be ultimately disjointed with stop and start year grounds. Hopefully we can protect the most vulnerable this time around, because it isn't going away.
 
uncle_rico said:
I don't know what the answer is, but there's no question that schools had to go back. The worst thing I have seen though is the amount of parents dropping their kids off then thinking its OK to stand in front of the school gates having a natter, every morning.

One thing this does highlight to me though, is how many people are going about their business either not knowing they have it or thinking that they just have a bit of a cold. The second spike is inevitable now, its just a case of how bad.
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It is obvious we could not keep schools closed for ever and I do not know what the answer is but I personally feel opening schools was more about getting parents back to work rather than kids in the classroom.

Just my opinion.
 
I agree its more about getting people back to work and the economy than it is about the general health of the population.

There is no easy answer but either way the kids are going to suffer, you close schools again and they lose more time and education or they go back and schools isolate when needed and they have a disjointed year of education.

Mind I have to save I've drove passed a few schools on commute and been to the shops and people no longer seem to be interested in keeping distance so a spread was always coming its just people are going to school now so its increasing the speed of the spread
 
uncle_rico said:
The worst thing I have seen though is the amount of parents dropping their kids off then thinking its OK to stand in front of the school gates having a natter, every morning.
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This.
I'll keep saying it until I'm blue in the face, but social distancing and hygiene are the only weapons we have against the virus that are within an individual's scope.
Practice those and we'll have more chance of getting ourselves and the country back to a kind of normality. It's not happening in anything like the levels we need and it's inevitable that as the weather gets colder and we spend more time indoors that the conditions for the spread of the virus will improve.
It really isn't difficult to stand 2 metres apart wearing a mask and have a conversation if you really must do so.
Don't put the briefings on at tea time, put them on at peak time, on every channel if need be to make sure those that need the message hammering home get it. Show people in the ICU, show them dieing if needs be, but make sure that all these people who are disregarding the guidelines or think it'll only be like the flu for them know that there are consequences for others.
 
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Absolutely agree that schools had to go back, for both academic and mental health reasons - I don't think the impact of young children being taken away from their friends, structure and play can be underestimated. Especially when one or both parents still had to work during lockdown and they were essentially left to fend for themselves with schoolwork and entertainment, as was in my situation.

School drop off has been an absolute eye opener for me though and I echo the concerns raised earlier. In our school playground, I have clocked only 1 parent out of the 100 or so waiting that has consistently worn a mask and followed distancing guidelines. The others are stood in groups complacently chatting, ironically about how long it will be that our school has an outbreak??:unsure:

I suppose the only saving grace (thus far), certainly from the people I know who have had school outbreaks, is that the increase in cases seems to be in younger people and they are either asymptomatic or just suffering mildly. I expect as the days and next couple of weeks go by, the infections will probably lead to more hospitalisations as parents go back to work and the grandparents take over.

Genuinely don't know what the solution is.
 
yeah it's carnage on the morning and even worse at pick up time at my kids school.

my poor nephew started year 7 at one of those schools. nervous as you can get and now he is back home for 2 weeks!
 
I don't get the need for parents to drop off and pick students up from senior school. I understand if they live out of the area or have medical conditions but why if they live well in walking distance.

We see them at our school arriving at 2.20 so they can get a prime parking space - school doesn't finish until 3pm.

Part of the fun of going to school was walking home with your mates.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
I don't get the need for parents to drop off and pick students up from senior school. I understand if they live out of the area or have medical conditions but why if they live well in walking distance.

We see them at our school arriving at 2.20 so they can get a prime parking space - school doesn't finish until 3pm.

Part of the fun of going to school was walking home with your mates.
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Agree Norman_Conquest its crazy that parents run their kids everywhere these days. When I started senior school(ok it was the mid 60s) used the get the Link bus from Cranmore Road in Pallister Park to Stainsby School in Acklam. Due bus strike when I was in third year I had to change to Southlands(that was an eye opener). Used to walk from Amroth Green up the side of the beck to Southlands. That was best part of the day walking back and forward with your mates. Clarted up with mud before you even got there.
 
Was quite shocked to see that list in Gazette today if you extrapolate that over other similar sized towns across the country we have massive problems.
 
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