“Schools in the area are due to open tomorrow, Wednesday 6th January. At present snow clearing teams are ensuring safe pedestrian access to every school and nursery in the area, with numerous JCBs and 50 tonnes of salt and grit being used in this process. Car parks and paths will be icy and care should be taken when parking and walking in these areas. Head Teachers should also risk assess whether the playground can be used by children during the day and if necessary ‘wet weather’ arrangements may have to be used.”
So what does ‘safe pedestrian access to every school’ mean, I will tell you, grit being spread from the school gate to the front door, there is no safe access from homes to school, no playgrounds have been done when I last checked around 3.45pm this evening. Too little, too late. It would have been better to keep kids off school till Monday and give workmen the 4 days to do a proper job. EAC say they have grit available so why not use it?