Is this an over-reaction?
Cambridge Primary School has decided to cut the after-hours parent teacher interviews due to safety concerns. The teachers didn't want to work after dark. So now they will close the school on Friday and conduct them during the day.
That will be very inconvenient for many parents - those who can only attend an interview in the evening and those who will have to make arrangements for the care of their children that day.
Cambridge Primary School board of trustees chairman Richard Younger said staff were worried about their safety with limited daylight hours during the winter, and closing the school for the interviews was an easy decision to make.
"It's a heath and safety issue now," he said.
"It's sad we now have to do this sort of thing, but ultimately all the good work teachers did after hours is finished and in some cases it's turning into a complete lock-down."
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Over reaction? Absolutely. The likelihood of another teacher being attacked at the school is pretty near zero. The teachers are allowing fear over ride a rational assesment of the risks. Or maybe (being cynical) it is an excuse to enable them to do what they want to do.
A complete over-reaction. If they were to be the only one there it would be understandable, but not for interviews when there will be a group of them.
Maybe I should stop working after dark. A couple of towns will have no water, but hey...
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