Adrian is at home with a cough since Friday. Since it’s getting close to a week since he could go to school, I thought it might be good for him to start catching up with schoolwork so he doesn’t have too much to make up when he is back at school.

Getting any kind of information or support from the school has been like pulling teeth. They have no preparedness for this at all. I tried calling the main administrative office. They only had an answering machine; didn’t call me back when I left a message; didn’t have any information when I finally got hold of them. The teacher didn’t even acknowledge that she had received my email. (I understand that she might not have time to write a detailed reply, but an “I’ll get back to you” would have been appreciated.)

In the end I just walked to the school and got hold of Adrian’s main teacher during a break. I got some of Adrian’s school books home at least, and some vague instructions.

How can the school be so unprepared for this, and have no plan and no co-ordination in place whatsoever? Surely it cannot come as a surprise to them that plenty of kids will now have to stay at home for extended periods due to minor cold-like symptoms.

Meanwhile, here’s a nice rainbow from this afternoon.