This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop teachers and children being sent back to school in June
No to sending schools back in June it’s too soon. Our teachers and children are not guinea pigs to trial this experiment on. When parliament are all happy to go back into the House of Commons it will obviously be safe enough for our teachers and children to return also.
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We are amongst the strangest,toughest times of our lives right now. And with the biggest death toll in Europe it is clearly too soon for teachers and children to return. Children would surely be carriers of the virus? Teachers are then at risk of contracting it or then becoming carriers themselves passing it to people they live with, or come into contact with be it at home or work. As much as children’s education is important surely their health is more important. They are not the country’s guinea pigs. School return should be pushed back !
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316404
Delay the reopening of schools to September: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318206
Reopen schools in August with shorter summer holidays for a transition period: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320459
Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319292
Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308013
No prosecution for parents that remove child from school during a pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300399
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