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It has been an feelings week for primary school headteacher Kate Baptiste: “I have actually cried, ” she says. She is scared that the government will announce today that schools will reopen next month- even though it could be dangerous to do so. “I’m used to making decisions that are sprung in what is best for the children. This is all out of my hands, and it’s terrifying.”
The failure of the government to lay out its medical and scientific dispute for reopening institutions has been taking its fee on headteachers such as Baptiste. She has no idea how she can open her clas, St Monica’s Catholic primary school in north London, without turning it into a breeding ground for the virus. “I feel torn in many different directions. It’s exhausting trying to reassure everyone with what I feel are empty promises, as we may be forced to open institutions when we genuinely don’t feel it’s safe to do so. This is my 14 th time as a headteacher and I’ve never felt so scared, apprehensive, tired or vulnerable.”
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