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School closes in term time so teachers can go to the Vatican
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Furious parents have blasted a Catholic primary school as 'hypocritical' for closing in term time so that its teachers can travel to Rome for a four-day pilgrimage.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School in Birmingham has closed its doors today for a 'teacher day' so its staff can take the overseas trip to Italy.
But parents have criticised the school for closing in term time when they would be fined for doing the same thing.
The father of one of the school's pupils, who did not wish to be named, described it as a 'disgrace'.
He said: 'Nowadays parents are fined if they take their children out of school for trips or holidays, and that's something I agree with.
'But what I do find abhorrent is that a school will then fail to lead by example by closing to pupils so the teachers can swan off to Rome.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063836/Parents-fury-Catholic-primary-school-reveals-close-term-time-teachers-pilgrimage-Vatican.html
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Serves the non-religous parents right for taking advantage of the lord.
I think the head is missing the point quite spectacularly!
Can't see what the fuss is about.
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i swear to god the op was about four days in lourdes last time i looked.
note to self: lay off the trammies.
It's 4 days so unless they have saved up all their days to take at once then it's not a training day.
If so, then that is quite different to "closing in term time so that teachers can travel to Rome".
Although it does say in the OP that it was for a 4 day pilgrimage
If they did indeed close the school for 4 days whole the pupils should have had lessons then that is well and truly taking the piss.
Edit - just realised the 4 days includes the weekend and the bank holiday.
No. The training day is today. The other 3 days are the weekend plus the bank holiday.
School shut one day.
Forgiven!!
Well clearly the thick and uneducated on here can't see that. 😁
Unless today is an 'unofficial' training day and the kids would normally be in today. I know all the school around our way are open today.
If they have shut the school early, even just for one day, I can see why some parents would be annoyed.
The parents as well?
Training days might involved some sort of training?
Or is that because it's a bank holiday on Monday so the school would be closes anyway?
In any case if it is classed as a training day I don't see the problem, providing this isn't an extra training day on top of the ones they already take.
FYI ten weeks holiday or not, the teachers I know spend their summers working and will often be in school. During term time they also work harder than anyone else I know, as most others are able to leave their work at work. I know there are exceptions. My point being, harping on about their 10weeks "holiday" is somewhat unfair.
BIB According to a post ^^, the date was given to parents with the other training day dates last September. But you're right, if it had just come out of the blue, parents would have a case. In this case they don't as they were told 8 months ago.
However, IF it is a genuine training day today and the kids were never meant to be back in school until after the bank holiday then, like you, I don't see a problem.
FYI I am quite familiar how hard teachers work and how much they earn and deserve their holidays.
If that's the case and the parents were informed last September that the school would be closed today then I don't really see an issue.
Although, as an aside, I thought all public schools were supposed to have the same holidays/training days governed by which council they are in? Are schools allowed to just choose dates for their own training days etc?