Parents are worried about fines if they don't send children back to school when they reopen after the coronavirus lockdown. Read more on Grazia.
One area where parents are especially concerned is the reopening of schools and whether they feel safe sending their children back, as early as June 1, as announced by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Posted by Lucy Browne, the petition says: 'I’m calling on the UK Government to give parents and guardians the option of not sending their children back to school if they reopen in June - as Boris Johnson has suggested this could happen in England. As a mum I don’t want to face serious repercussions for making a choice I feel affects the safety of my daughter during a global pandemic.
'So far there has been little assurance of what measures will be made to protect people and manage these risks. Even drop-off and collection could increase risk of transmission among parents. We need the Government to be transparent with us and put things in place before we can consider placing our trust in this decision.
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