We asked readers – particularly parents of school age children – what they thought of the prospect of the Cayman Islands reopening to visitors in October.
Here’s what they had to say:
Tasheka Ebanks
“The possibility of schools closing again concerns me. If children have to be at home and parents have to go to work, it [will be] hard to monitor schoolwork or when they go online, and I know some teachers were very, very unreliable last year.”
Allison Hidalgo
“Day care starts at two months. How do we protect our babies if we can’t stay home and social distance? We can still catch the virus and give it to them even if we are vaccinated. This is so scary as a mother of a baby. What can I do? I can’t help but feel that it’s only fair that government wait until babies can be vaccinated. We’ve already made it so far.”
Julia Plumley
“I am very worried about what this will mean for the children. There needs to be a more well-thought-out plan in place which prioritises the protection of this very vulnerable section of the population.”
“One only has to look at the news to see how this is going to go. Schools open, then close in three weeks. Fist fights between parents over the masking controversy. This is the only place in the world where kids can go to school in any sort of normal environment.”
Jackie Myles
“I worry about the consistency of education and social interactions (like sports, music or other clubs) if there are quarantines required for contacts, or closing of schools...
Read Full Story: https://www.caymancompass.com/2021/09/13/parents-verdict-concerned-over-possible-school-closures/
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