{"id":1075,"date":"2020-07-21T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/schools-are-facing-a-wave-of-trauma\/"},"modified":"2020-07-21T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:05:42","slug":"schools-are-facing-a-wave-of-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/schools-are-facing-a-wave-of-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools are facing a wave of trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Schools are facing a wave of trauma <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of a briefing for Opposition spokespersons by the Minister for Education this afternoon, Gary Gannon TD, the Social Democrats spokesperson on Education, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to see anything other than chaos unfolding as our schools attempt to reopen in the autumn. The failure is one of leadership and can be squarely laid at the door of both Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael who seem content to be oblivious to the scale of the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to see how schools will be able to cope with the wave of trauma approaching. While there\u2019s a high risk of the virus re-emerging, it is unavoidable that students will need substantial mental health supports to process all that has occurred over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching ministers with the huge responsibility for the education and welfare of our children act like super county councillors while our education system remains in disarray has been hugely frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Gannon added: \u201cThere are a complex range of issues that need to be resolved before we can even contemplate reopening our primary and secondary schools, not to mention third level institutions. A safe reopening of schools will need complete buy-in from all stakeholders, including, teachers, students, SNAs, teachers\u2019 unions, student representative bodies and non-teaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is too much at stake to continue with the \u2018make it up as we go along\u2019 mentality which formed the last Government\u2019s approach to closing our schools and this new Government\u2019s \u2018leave it till the last minute\u2019 attitude to reopening them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 21, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools are facing a wave of trauma Speaking ahead of a briefing for Opposition spokespersons by the Minister for Education this afternoon, Gary Gannon TD, the Social Democrats spokesperson on Education, said: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to see anything other than chaos unfolding as our schools attempt to reopen in the autumn. 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