Ms Smeulders said like every other parent, she would be keeping a close eye on how the term progressed.
"But I just hope everyone does the right thing going forward and we continue to be safe in our community. Jasmina Brankovich with her daughter Anna, who will be staying at home to learn for at least the first few weeks of term two.
FatherBob Perhaps we should wait more than a month to figure out what affects this disease will have on children and decide to expose them all.
Not really a dilemma.....if parents want to destroy their children's education, then they can stupidly prevent children from going to school.
We've always considered serious effects of infection ('risk to child') was low probability. But, we've been very clear at home, before government acted on schools, that removal was due to the ability to spread, not catch, & that spread was detrimental to the REST of the family.
The people saying it’s not safe are teachers unions and teachers. Listen to the experts and their research. The fear mongers thrive on the counter intuitive pattern but have no evidence just loud voices - this noise creates the confusion. Spanish flu got kids more!