Schools closed until February? (part 3)

Schools remain closed

LC in for 3 days

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0106/1187920-cabinet-covid-restrictions/

WoollyRedHat

Norma Foley will address the media briefing, this should be interesting.

alroley

I am terrified. We have over 100 6th years and about 40 6th year teachers +additional staff that will now need to be in. WTF????

ClydeTallyBump

This is insane. It is completely negligent.

Leftwaffe

Schools are not closed so. It’s in no way a full closure. Misleading headlines.

C__MC

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Norma Foley will address the media briefing, this should be interesting.

Havent we suffered enough six days into 2021.

combat14

time for unions to pull the plug

lulublue22

Now I’m totally confused - all schools were to close except for special schools and special classes. Then it was the above and LC to attend for 3 days. Now no mention of special schools / classes but LC to be onsite for 3 days . Does anyone including Norma have a F clue what’s going on ???

No pressure like it’s not like people need time to plan and adjust or anything.

Wombatman

alroley wrote: »

I am terrified. We have over 100 6th years and about 40 6th year teachers +additional staff that will now need to be in. WTF????

Relax. Norma has is all worked out. Did she not tell you?

RTÉ News understands that Minister for Education Norma Foley had argued for the option of allowing Leaving Certificate students to continue to attend for three days weekly.

It is understood that the Department of Education has been working on the logistics of how this will work in practical terms.

It means that Leaving Certificate students return to school on Monday, while others remain at home.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0106/1188012-schools-leaving-cert-education/


Why would anyone think this is going to be another clusterflip?

average_runner

Should push the exams out to July and have a full month for June in the school for the LC

am_zarathustra

Where is even showing the press conference, can't see it even on the News Now yet?

Halfdane

am_zarathustra wrote: »

Where is even showing the press conference, can't see it even on the News Now yet?

Virgin have coverage now

Wombatman

Classes in the Gym I guess? Can't have possibly have 30 students in a normal classroom.

Looptheloop30

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Norma Foley will address the media briefing, this should be interesting.

Lamb to the slaughter

SusanC10

Is there a Press Conference today?

Amirani

If this is as reported and there is no special reason given then it's completely moronic.

WoollyRedHat

am_zarathustra wrote: »

Where is even showing the press conference, can't see it even on the News Now yet?

VM One

boetstark

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Norma Foley will address the media briefing, this should be interesting.

This is a woman completely out of her depth. Very surprised if she survives this fiasco. Although when we have Mehole hands Martin as Taoiseach who knows

WoollyRedHat

Wombatman wrote: »

Relax. Norma has is all worked out. Did she not tell you?


https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0106/1188012-schools-leaving-cert-education/


Why would anyone think this is going to be another clusterflip?

Why are they only devising contingency plans now, they should have had several contingency plans prepared last summer. What an omnishambles.

eviltwin

Absolutely ridiculous decision for everyone. The LC students, staff and teachers who are going to be at risk and the students at home who now get a piss poor version of remote learning. Not to mention the teachers who are somehow going to have to work out the logistics of teaching students on site as well as at home.

And to think Foley is a teacher herself, what is wrong with the woman?

Ashbourne hoop

This years LC students really got a ****ty deal. They already missed half of last year, and will miss quite a bit of this year too. They should really be in revision mode now, but in my daughter's year, the only subject that's completely covered is chemistry. Quite unfair to expect them to sit an exam, that's before the obvious health risks. Quite bleak.

To think I was very optimistic on the 1/1/21......

Wombatman

Will say a lot about teaching unions if they don't try to put a stop to this.

I expect the ISSU will have a better stab at derailing this nonsense.

not a hope would I be cutting my contacts if the kids and indeed the leaving cert age are knocking around and then outside sharing cans of coke and mobile tik tok phone videos.

alroley

Wombatman wrote: »

Will say a lot about teaching unions if they don't try to put a stop to this.

I expect the ISSU will have a better stab at derailing this nonsense.

ISSU wanted all 3rd, 5th and 6th in school!!!

Surely ASTI have to take a stand here.

C__MC

TheTorment wrote: »

Surely ASTI have to take a stand here.

They'll run a mile

NetChat101

Apart from it being a ludicrous idea regarding the safety of those LC students, teachers and other staff needed to implement it - it could also delay everything else opening up at the end of January.

Only a full lockdown for three weeks could allow transmission to slow down enough to hopefully allow us back to schools/work/shops etc. by end January. If this plan is implemented then it keeps transmission going, numbers won't drop fast enough and a 1 Feb opening might be impossible.

Sardonicat

rusty cole wrote: »

not a hope would I be cutting my contacts if the kids and indeed the leaving cert age are knocking around and then outside sharing cans of coke and mobile tik tok phone videos.

Why? Because they could be spreading it you think you should be too?

RoryMac

Ashbourne hoop wrote: »

This years LC students really got a ****ty deal. They already missed half of last year, and will miss quite a bit of this year too. They should really be in revision mode now, but in my daughter's year, the only subject that's completely covered is chemistry. Quite unfair to expect them to sit an exam, that's before the obvious health risks. Quite bleak.

To think I was very optimistic on the 1/1/21......

I don't envy the Gov making these decisions, is it the correct decision? I don't know TBH

Lots of schools aren't setup for proper remote teaching and as you said this year's LC students have had a far sh!t time of it and are already way behind where they should be. Will be very difficult to judge them either by predictive testing and very unfair to make them sit the exams.

If my child was sitting their LC this year I think I would be pushing the school now for them to repeat 6th year

wirelessdude01

Tippex wrote: »

I can see the Unions pulling the plug on the ridiculous plan to only have LC students in schools.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that perhaps this is what Norma and the others anticipate will happen. That way they can put the blame on the various different unions.