Dumfries and Galloway's pupils may only return to school for two days a week in new term timetable proposals
Education chiefs are trying to thrash out plans for a return to school with pupils facing two day weeks in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.But the proposals could leave parents facing a child care nightmare as they prepare to return to work.Dumfries and Galloway Council heard options from education officials while the country gears up for the planned August back to school move with strict rules imposing self distancing plus intense cleaning regimes.Proposals for the region were discussed at the latest Ad Hoc Covid-19 sub committee meeting on Friday.Education director Gillian Brydson (right) told members: “We take our schools local solutions very seriously and our head teachers are seeking solutions for the initial phase in August.“One model