Direct all schools to close or move to online teaching from the 10th December

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Presently, all schools are open until 18th December, one week before Christmas. We all have family that we have hardly seen this year due to COVID. We would like to be able to see them on Christmas Day so we would need to self-Isolate for two weeks.

We have carried on throughout two lockdowns. We have catered for those learning at home, taken care of the vulnerable and key worker children which has been a direct support for those working in the NHS and key worker roles.
If the Prime Minister would direct these closures, it would mean that all members of school communities in England would be able to quarantine long enough to ensure that they were COVID free before Christmas; making it much safer to visit older relatives.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases

Timeline

8 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
18 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Nov 2020

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