A teacher has warned parents that social distancing at schools is not a viable option and suggested it is better for students to retake the schoolyear than risk their lives by returning to schools to soon.
As headteacher Howard Fisher from Kent, UK, suggested in his lengthy letter addressed to parents at St George’s Church of England Primary School, “social distancing in a school … does not exist and would never exist.”
Mr. Fisher’s announcement followed after the prime minister announced that students would return to schools by June 1 to attend certain classes.
“I can be truthful here and categorically tell you there is no such thing as social distancing in a school; it does not exist and would never exist,” the headteacher wrote in the letter.
“The reason childhood illnesses spread in a school is surprise, surprise, we are all in contact with each other.point 414 |
I can put two children in opposite classrooms and they will still get chicken pox because that’s how it is in a school.point 99 | This virus we are led to believe is a super spreader.point 142 | ”point 145 | 1
As the headteacher went on to say, he would rather see that the students retake the school year than put themselves at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.
“Believe me, I would rather any child repeats a year than go back too soon and have to lose a child; why is this not in the national debate; because it will cost money!” the letter concluded.
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