surely one extra hour should be straight forward to accommodate parents.
Why can't they all be off at 3pm surely one extra hour should be straight forward to accommodate parents.
This might make sense on paper but shows a touching naivety on the part of the OP about how the public sector unions would view 'one extra hour' to accommodate parents.
This might make sense on paper but shows a touching naivety on the part of the OP about how the public sector unions would view 'one extra hour' to accommodate parents. If only things were that simple!!
How would the OP feel if their employer or their spouses employer came in on a monday and ordered them to do an extra hour every day - well maybe you see the problem with your suggestion....
Hasn't it always been the case that the infant classes finish an hour earlier than the rest of the national school classes. The teachers always had to stay on until the later finish time.
It makes sense that the day is shorter for infants classes, it is why in the first few weeks of junior infants the day increases from 2 hrs to 4.5 hrs.
Convenience for parents is not on the agenda.
Past 30
Do you drive to the school at 2pm, drive home, unload child/ren from car, wait 30 minutes, load child/ren back in car, drive back to school...? Could you go for a walk or something with the other child/ren while waiting the hour?
what happens nowadays if there is no-one able to collect the child at 2 pm?
Making them sit through an extra hour of it for parental convenience would be a very sad indictment of our attitude towards children's welfare.
Children do not need to start school here until they are six, parents can choose not to put their children into school for infant classes but all children must start school by the time they reach the age required for first class.
Don't actually think this is true. You don't have to send your children to school at all, but you do have to provide education. They can be educated at home and never attend school at all.
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