"Succorso" wrote rant

Over 300 schools closed in Norfolk this morning. Why? This is madness!

Add to that, consider all those parents who are now unable to go to work
because they have to stay at home to look after their children - that must
be quite a loss to the economy.

I had this problem some years ago with my children's primary school. I
tried to argue the Education Act must surely require that schools provide
education in the same way that parents have an obligation to send children
to school. In our particular case, we didn't lose out by missing work, but
other parents were sorely out of pocket because they had to stay at home.

Needless to say, I got nowhere with my arguments.

And today is the day when new rules come into force whereby parents are held
responsible to a greater extent if their child plays truant - on the spot
fines. How about on the spot fines for schools that close without good
reason?

Jack