I Am a Single Mother

@SW-User Not asking for a baby sitter asking why the school is closed on random days for 'admin'. Most places of work do their admin and manage to stay open.

@Mumoftwo sounds like you are, schools aren't really a business place, or really shouldn't be, that's not their role.

@Mumoftwo Another instance where the bureaucratic tail wags the dog. I don't know where you are and I might misremember this, but I recall hearing something about 'admin' days being part of school/union contracts.

Never occurred to me until this moment, but wouldn't such times be a dandy opportunity for older students to make a mint babysitting groups? Maybe in cooperation with a local youth center? Might be worth bringing up at PTA.

@Mamapolo2016 would be a great idea, but its primary kids that have no school today, the secondary school is running normally of course

@Mumoftwo I meant setting up some cooperative enterprise for high school kids, say, in home economics or maybe parenting classes or whatever the heck they teach now. A 'field-day' for them, reduced babysitting rates for parents.

Non obligatory efforts of schools more often unpaid, breakfast clubs, after school clubs, lunch and break clubs, school fates and fairs raising money for student trips and resources etc. Staffed student excursions, over night trips. Idk maybe I'm wrong.

@SW-User Yeah, I know about those, but not what I'm talking about.

@Mamapolo2016 it wasn't a reply to your comment merely adding to the thread. Apologies if this was misconstrued

@SW-User I would be happy if the staff volunteered to do anything outside normal school hours

@SW-User No apology needed. I ran out of steam at exactly that moment and had to go sleep.