Everywhere you go here in vic you have to sign in. Imagine doing that at the school pickup/ drop offs. If there's special needs school would adapt and handle it case by case. Parents of preps are allowed and start/ finish times are staggered with different gates per year level. I like it and wouldn't mind if it stayed.

Im in SA. Parents are strongly encouraged not to come onto the school but if you need to for special needs or other reasons its not against the rules. The problem is the layout of the school entrance is really bad so they all now have to stand by the gate all close to each other which makes the rules pointless anyway. I have a toddler so I just use the kiss n drop for my older kids.

Talk to the school, if it’s giving your child anxiety they may be able to organise you going in or an older student walking them in maybe , a teacher meeting them at the gate

I don't think there is much point, as if someone gets covid 19 their kid will probably get it and pass it on at school until there are symptoms. But I understand schools are just trying to do their best it won't be forever.

For schools in the UK this is standard practice. Massive gates locked on the dot, no parents in at all. Late or need to come in? Go through the office which is like a security office. We don’t have it tough at all.

Perhaps no cases in your area because of the protocols in place?

So what I understand is, schools are safe nexus’s as far as they know so far, kids are not super spreaders. They can get the virus same as adults but they for some reason are not spreading it. Something to do with the smaller viral load maybe?

Also, I understand parents not allowed on the grounds. More people, more adults, more risk. My kids’ school they have exemptions for the younger kids and they have slightly different drop off and pick up times. There are also 4 gates open so that not everyone is going through one place. And the gates have always been closed and locked outside drop off and pick so no change there.

My kids have autism (age 7 an 9), and the change has been hard but we have powered through and they are used to it

In WA parents are allowed back on school grounds from 6th June 2020.

Doesn't make much difference to us. The parking at our school is a nightmare so most parents pick up & drop off at the gate anyway.

No volunteers at our canteen atm.

I think you might need to relax and take stock of what's important. We had to cancel an overseas holiday, have taken a huge financial hit, most family and friends are worried about jobs, bills, mortgages. It's shit year, of course we hate all the rules. We've just got to go with the flow for now. In the end, the alternative is what's happened in other countries who didn't change - these rules have saved us from that fate.

I think we should be following the rules regardless if they are silly or not. I would agree that special needs children require assistance but is your child actually special needs to just clingy? Maybe it will be a good thing for little johnny and little sally to have the smallest degree of independence and manage to walk themselves from the gate to classroom? Just a thought