A kid in one of the classes in our school got it, they pulled the class and the teacher for 2 weeks, informed everyone, tested them and no other tests came back positive.
I guess if my kid was in “close contact” with the teacher who tested positive I should know, otherwise its a casual contact and move on 
do you think Norma Foley is a sociopath?
Look at the fucking unibrow
The headmaster wasn’t supposed to do that, it’s complete anarchy
Headmistress you chauvinistic pigdog.
It just seems like a hugely risky strategy, hoping that every child is only a casual contact and not notifying anyone. As @TreatyStones, it seems rules are arbitrary and there is no consistency among them. Not that I’m surprised at that, nor surprised by our schools actions in this instance either.
We’re all flying by the arse of our trousers here. Its a miracle its gotten this far. I will say fair play to the teachers, they’ve a great attitude so far.
Headmistress is an outdated word and using it is a hate crime
Ride?
No. The students are casual contacts rather than close contacts. The reason the data on the schools appears good is that you are applying totally different rules.
Also @Gman, the obligation is on the HSE to inform relevant contacts and not schools. Any communication from the school on an individual case mentioning the individual is a breach of privacy apparently. Most schools are communicating through Social Media in fairness to them to try and stop parents panicking. But that’s only after a HSE risk assessment has been done.
The next problem is that there’s a backlog of risk assessments to be done so some schools are waiting days and in that case have no option but to temporarily close down.
I know its fucked up that they cant mention the individual when its a teacher and it is plainly obvious who it is, but at the same time they arent mentioning anything at all. And with two teachers and the cleaner all having tested positive, I just would have expected some sort of communication. It all seems slightly strange to me really, and it is putting teachers and schools in a shit position. But I do know of other schools notifying parents of a case, even if it is not necessary for testing. Either way, its more of a grievance rather than being completely pissed off over it. Have found out subsequently that more than half of the class have been kept out of school by parents who found out about it and apparently are fuming over it. I’m obviously out of the loop with the local gossips.
How come the students are then considered close contacts if a fellow student gets it?
I can only speak from experience of those teaching my own. I’d agree on many of his points
Cos the students are all on top of each other on the way in and out of school.*
*No idea if that’s the case but the pupils tend to be stationary in the same seat for an entire school day with teachers, wearing PPE rotating in and out or staying at the top of the room in the case of primary schools. Even though students are technically supposed to be 2m apart, some aren’t because of classroom size limitations.
They are only considered a close contact if they were in their company for 15 minutes and within 1m. Thus, as desks are more than 1m apart, they are not a close contact, unless they were with each other at lunch with masks off for more than 15 minutes and within 2m.
You’re depending on school leadership putting their heads above the parapet and call it out for the farce that it is. Unfortunately (and understandably), few are willing to do this.
Not in our local school.
There was one case and the whole year was out for 10 days, all had to get tested etc
Maybe different for primary school as they do not wear masks below 3rd class (I think)