Schools deal creatively with guidelines.

Schools deal creatively with guidelines.

From May 11 primary schools will partially reopen. Special education and special primary education, the after-school care and childcare centers will fully reopen. Guidelines have been made for this. The main rule is that full days of lessons are given and that students go to school every other day. Schools can choose to do differently and they do. This shows from the signals Parents & Onderwijs receives from parents.

The guidelines

Right after the government decided to partially open primary schools from May 11, the ministry and the PO-Raad made guidelines. The main rule is that full days of lessons are given and that students go to school every other day. Schools can choose to do differently. Minister Slob said that schools cannot be asked to do the impossible and that they also have freedom in how to provide education after May 11. For example, many teachers can be sick. So there are differences per school. But the guidelines are not made for nothing.

Signals from parents

Schools are busy making a workable plan to teach from May 11. At many schools this goes well. They offer solutions that fit the guidelines. Unfortunately, Parents & Onderwijs also receives many signals from parents about schools that do not follow the guidelines. Parents often mention these situations:

• Schools do not open on May 11, but much later
• Children from the same family do not go to school on the same day
• Children must go to school for half days or in two-hour shifts
• Schools change school hours so there is no connection with after-school care
• Full classes go to school
• Schools stop intake of 4-year-olds
• No education is given to non-compulsory education students who already went to school before the crisis
• Special education and special primary education do not fully open

What can parents do?

For parents facing one or more of the above situations, or who do not agree with how education is organized after May 11, there are some options:

• Parents can contact the school management and of course the school governing body responsible for the school. The school governing body is the final authority for education.
• Parents can contact the school participation council and ask parents in the council if and why they agreed with the plans.
• Parents can contact the advice point of Parents & Onderwijs on workdays at 088-60501010 or via vraag@oudersenonderwijs.nl
• You can also give a signal to the Education Inspectorate by calling 088-6696060.
• The more parents take action and follow these steps, the bigger the chance for improvement! So join other parents and share this information.

More information

Parents & Onderwijs gathers all signals from parents. When new information is known, we inform parents via our website and social media channels. You can read the answers to frequently asked questions in our FAQ. For personal advice, you can call our advice point at 088-6050101 or send a message to vraag@oudersenonderwijs.nl.