Anxious parents face wait on schools reopening in August
Weekend press reports served as a timely reminder to parents that when it comes to back to school plans uncertainty rules, and the decision will go to the wire.West Lothian has a contingency plan that was agreed in June for blended learning and a partial return to school by pupils on August 12.And, as Stephen McCabe, joint chair of the Scottish Government education recovery group warned in press reports at the weekend, a full to education return is not “a given”.That phrase was echoed by Larry Flanagan, the General Secretary of the EIS, Scotland’s largest teaching union on Monday.He said: “It should be noted that the advice is contingent upon continued suppression of the virus.“ That shouldn’t be taken as a given.”If required, West