“I have not signed, I found this alternative”

Not all institutions have followed the same line regarding the joint responsibility pact: some have opted for a more aggressive of others.

We contacted Verdiana after reading her comment on the matter. A mother of eight children, she testified to this discrepancy in different schools and even proposed some solutions.

Hello Verdiana, we read a comment from you on social networks in which you said that one of your children attends school without you having signed the co-responsibility agreement. Why did you refuse and what alternative did you adopt?

My 13-year-old son is in the eighth grade and enters school every day even though we have not signed the stewardship agreement. My husband and I, after reading it, we refused.

We immediately noticed several unacceptable things, written quite aggressively. For example, parents are asked to arrive half an hour after the school call in case their child has flu symptoms. It seems really exaggerated to me. There are parents who work far away and are not readily available.

In the stewardship agreement, the school asks parents to immediately inform the principal of any case of flu symptoms, even among family members. In addition to the hype, in this case there is also a violation of privacy.

Parents and students are also asked to strictly adhere to the rules against contagion even outside of school. But they cannot dictate “the law” in private life.

We communicated our decision not to sign to a teacher because the manager was unfortunately impossible to contact, but she did not know what to tell us. She couldn’t give us an alternative.

The alternative to the pact of co-responsibility

Knowing the practice of the school my other children attend, it was I who proposed to present a daily self-certification.

The teacher, although very kind, told me to call the manager immediately. As soon as I left school I tried calling several times but she was never available, not even in the following days.

Everyone seems to fall from the clouds and not even know how things are. Meanwhile, my son has been entering every day for a week with a self-certification in which I declare that he is not positive, that he has not come in contact with positives or possible positives.

For the other children, however, you made a different choice when signing the agreement of stewardship proposed by the school. What convinced you?

Another 4 children attend first, third and fourth grade and first grade at another school. In this case my husband and I, after reading it, we realized that it was harmless.

We immediately noticed how they placed great importance on the relationship and dialogue with parents, which the school is committed to keeping constantly informed.

Initially we expressed our doubts about the pact of co-responsibility also in this other school but they answered us very calmly that alternatively we could bring a daily self-certification.

Once we arrived at the school, we breathed in a calm and relaxed atmosphere that convinced us to make a different choice.

What happens in case of symptoms?

If symptoms occur while children are in school, will institutions have different attitudes?

No, in this case the behavior will be the same for both schools that will immediately call the parents.

As for the other rules against Covid followed within the different schools, have you noticed any discrepancies?

I can say that institutes certainly follow different guidelines. Each school has sufficient autonomy to make decisions.

For example, in one of my children’s schools there is Plexiglass on the chairs, in the other there is not. But the provisions can also vary within the same school. Everything revolves around the decision of the teacher or professor. – Archive photos