The single mum, who asked to remain anonymous, told news.com.au she was in the middle of trying to launch her own architecture business while juggling caring for a toddler and an eight-year-old.However, she was left shocked on August 3 when her daughter arrived home with a letter from her school, Brighton-Le-Sands Public in Sydney’s south.“We are aware that some families are bringing their children to school because ‘it is too hard to keep them at home’.
“I got very upset because they had clearly discussed the letter with my daughter at school and she came home saying, ‘Mummy, I have a very important letter.’ Then she told me she didn’t want to go to school anymore,” she told news.com.au. “A couple of weeks ago the message was ‘no child will be sent away from school, no questions asked’ and that’s how it should be. People should have a choice to do what suits their circumstances.
Despite her child doing better in a classroom environment, the mum said there was still little support at school when she does go. Brighton-Le-Sands is located in the Bayside local government area, one of three LGAs added to NSW’s regions of concern yesterday.Bayside, Strathfield and Burwood added to councils of concern“I feel like I have no other option to stay at home and keep the kids with me … I know there’s supposedly all this assistance from the government but they are not easy to get. It takes hours to go to Centrelink and get parenting payments so the less I have to deal with that the better,” she said.
“This advice from NSW Health is aimed at reducing transmission of the virus. Parents with children at schools under level four restrictions must keep them home if they can.”“The letter doesn’t read like that to me … it essentially reads more of, ‘You are sending more kids than we anticipated and we don’t know how to manage or resource that and we’re going to force you to stay at home because we don‘t know how to handle it.
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This is why Sydney and now NSW covid is getting out of control! People think their circumstances are unique and allow them to not obey the directive!!! I fear for what entitlements the next generation will have.....
Gutter journalism at its best! ANONYMOUS mum has an issue with communication sent out by a school using wording from NSWEducation and you guys criticise the school and Principal? Schools are open, asked to minimise numbers, but somehow you’ve bashed them with an anonymous mum!
It’s not the school rules, it’s the health orders. Yes- these are difficult times for everyone.
Lazy mother
If she’s an essential worker she has no reason to feel shame. If she’s not and is sending her kid anyway…..:🤔
I feel 4 parents who have no choice but to send their kids to school but right now so many ppl are having to sacrifice so much. Her kid is 8 so she's prob Year 2 right? My kid is the same & the workload is not that bad, esp if she only has 1 school age child.
Bullshit. Its all about her, the me, me, me syndrome. The rules apply to everyone. Others work from home and they are your kids, you be responsible for them.
Another selfish parent…cares more about herself than the safety of her kids.