Post primary return to schools roadmap

doc_17 wrote: »

This by 100.

Think of the pressure that must have been brought to bear on the staff. We aren’t open for students until Monday and the place is still mad.

In other news, looks like all staff meetings will have to be virtual from Thursday if there are more than 6.....

Where are you hearing this about more than 6?

scrubs33 wrote: »

The managerial body for the school have been tweeting their praise for the organisation of the event etc. I really don’t see what everyone else is worried about. Can do attitude goes a long way; even as far as stopping a virus. We all need to follow this lead...

Worth noting that the head of that organisation was until fairly recently principal of that school in carlow. Nothing against the organistaion but ffs does mgt at the school not have a brain to stand back and think for a moment - maybe our one big assembly isn't a great idea this year:eek:

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Where are you hearing this about more than 6?

I heard it from a deputy earlier who says that’s what their principal heard from their DOS.

Rosita wrote: »

Surely those guidelines assume there's a partition between groups of classes in the hall? Not sure how they could work otherwise. If that's the case then that Principal is misreading them badly if she equates an assembly to that.

You'd have to wonder what other stunts that principal had been planning on pulling and if they are being reconsidered now?

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Well they're hardly going to say their own work is a shitshow are they?

We've been discussing here for weeks how kids are going to fit into classrooms safely, what precautions have been put in place etc, public gatherings are essentially a no-no at the moment, but they can have a gathering of 150+ people?

How do they go about justifying that when we've been told not to have all staff together in the one place for staff meetings?

It's not about a can do attitude, there are guidelines there and they are being followed or they're not.

I know they can’t run it down but they could at least have held off on promoting it. It seemed like it had barely finished and the tweet was gone out. My point is that despite the guidelines etc there will be principals who will look at this and say we can do exactly the same. I wonder how other schools in Carlow feel about this? Our principal is very image conscious and could look at that as an example of what can be done (unfortunately)

scrubs33 wrote: »

I know they can’t run it down but they could at least have held off on promoting it. It seemed like it had barely finished and the tweet was gone out. My point is that despite the guidelines etc there will be principals who will look at this and say we can do exactly the same. I wonder how other schools in Carlow feel about this? Our principal is very image conscious and could look at that as an example of what can be done (unfortunately)

Sorry, your post appeared to be in support of the tweet the way it was written.

For every principal going 'wow great PR opportunity' I'd like to think there's at least another rolling their eyes and going 'ffs, just open your school as safely as possible'.

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Sorry, your post appeared to be in support of the tweet the way it was written.

For every principal going 'wow great PR opportunity' I'd like to think there's at least another rolling their eyes and going 'ffs, just open your school as safely as possible'.

"How could inviting national media to the school on the first day during a pandemic ever go wrong?"

Back tomorrow. We were told this evening that the PPE hasn't arrived (didn't see that one coming :rolleyes: ) so we will have to provide our own in the interim.

Kids not in tomorrow and I know practically everyone in the country is in possession of a mask anyway, so it's no big deal in the scheme of things, but if this is how competent they are on day one, I despair at the thoughts of what it will be like when they start getting complacent.

I've never felt the fear as bad.

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Norma Foley on Primetime

Car crash incoming

Preferable

Best practice

Advisable


Hmmmmm.........

soso02 wrote: »

Yes preferable. What you want is for heads to roll for a school doing its best.

I think much of the criticism of Norma Foley is unwarranted. She has kept a very low profile, obviously working very hard behind the scenes.
I've even heard some teachers here criticise her appearance FFS. Leave this woman do her job

ok then, you clearly know what you are talking about, I shall bow to your superior knowledge of what shes been doing behind the scenes

I must be mistaken when i thought what i heard was a well rehearsed speech with lots of buzzwords and nearly all respinsibilty ultimately conveniently shifted to those poor public health officials.....I wasnt filled with confidence personally but....at least she was deginite about the facemask I suppose.

As for heads to roll, ok fair enough, perhaps they shouldnt roll but i do think there should be a slap ob the wrist for putting over a hundred students + whatever staff were there into a room for what seemed to me to be highly dubious reasons and i suspected were really self PR.....i think those public health officials would agree. People need to cop on, there cant be any over riding need for that

If were going to have a national conniption about the golf thing then that has to be on a par........and it might make some of the more eager beavers focus on what the priorities should be for the next couple of months and maybe let the PR take a rest

soso02 wrote: »

Yes preferable. What you want is for heads to roll for a school doing its best.

I think much of the criticism of Norma Foley is unwarranted. She has kept a very low profile, obviously working very hard behind the scenes.
I've even heard some teachers here criticise her appearance FFS. Leave this woman do her job

I don't agree with the comments on appearance. It's irrelevant.

But someone working hard behind the scenes would know her own dept's guidelines on masks at second level.

The Dept: they're recommended.
The Minister: they're compulsory.

The criticism of her performance is fully warranted when she can't even get that right.