School's out for the summer - and the economic damage is piling up

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'How big an economic price will we pay if the schools remain closed for months to come?' writes Russell Lynch

Juggling jobs alongside makeshift teaching duties has become an unwelcome way of life for families across the country since the Covid lockdown shut the doors of the UK’s 33,000 schools to all except the children of key workers.

 

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What price will our children’s mental health pay?

All because of the Unions and the teachers who wanted to sit on their arse5 getting paid for nothing. Well done folks

I don’t understand why schools can’t take all children back over the summer and split the day. Half pupils am and half pm. Nurseries do it so why not schools?

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