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Schools closed until February? (part 3)
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Cut down on interactions- close staff room, meetings done remotely
use *quiet voices- microphones
go outside- self explanatory, it's not raining all the time
given correct ppe gear- wasn't there funding allocated? is it already gone?
clean surfaces properly- why would this be difficult?
1. This could be worked, but my understanding is the staff rooms are mostly reduced capacity, or split to other rooms to achieve this. To close it would see a number of staff with nowhere to have lunch....not everyone owns a car.
2. They aren't provided with some of the basic teaching equipment. The department won't pay for microphones for teaching staff and definitely not for students.
3. Depending on where you are in the country, it's raining half the time. It's not a workable solution for many hundreds of students per school.
4. PPE was not allocated. My understanding is that a small cleaning budget was allocated, but I don't know the details. I know teachers were not provided with PPE like the Gardaí, medical staff and every other industry/sector I can think of.
5. You would have to rely on every student to do this properly. Some will do a good job, others won't even try. They put their grubby hands onto more than just the table surface. Never look at the underside of a desk in a classroom
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...Ghost... wrote: »5. You would have to rely on every student to do this properly. Some will do a good job, others won't even try. They put their grubby hands onto more than just the table surface. Never look at the underside of a desk in a classroom
Sure even with the camera on them last night during that show and it being the first week back some of those students didn't really clean those desks properly. A zig zag Z doesn't clean a desk.0 -
...Ghost... wrote: »1. This could be worked, but my understanding is the staff rooms are mostly reduced capacity, or split to other rooms to achieve this. To close it would see a number of staff with nowhere to have lunch....not everyone owns a car.
2. They aren't provided with some of the basic teaching equipment. The department won't pay for microphones for teaching staff and definitely not for students.
3. Depending on where you are in the country, it's raining half the time. It's not a workable solution for many hundreds of students per school.
4. PPE was not allocated. My understanding is that a small cleaning budget was allocated, but I don't know the details. I know teachers were not provided with PPE like the Gardaí, medical staff and every other industry/sector I can think of.
5. You would have to rely on every student to do this properly. Some will do a good job, others won't even try. They put their grubby hands onto more than just the table surface. Never look at the underside of a desk in a classroom
1. The teachers could eat in their classrooms, like people have to eat at their desks in offices
2. Funding was allocated, more than a "small cleaning budget". Also applies to your point 4.
3. True, but much of the time it's drizzle. Children and teachers aren't made of sugar, and can wear raincoats.
5. It's better than nothing, and they should be reminded of how to do it properly regularly.
I firmly believe that most schools want to make a good go of this, and are doing so. I believe that's why we're not seeing massive numbers in schools, which is epidemiologically the evidence at the moment.0 -
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Smacruairi wrote: »Is there any negative remark from someone working in a school that you would agree on?
Your comment that "teachers and students aren't made of sugar, so they can handle rain" is actually disgraceful.
:eek: I actually replied to that post. I've become so well adapted to skipping over negative, condescending posts, I missed that part of the comment. And how dare that poster say such a thing! My Wife (a teacher) is most definitely made of sugar.
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