Hundreds of primary school pupils in Dumfriesshire have been forced to miss lessons because of temporary closures due to Covid since returning from the summer holidays.
However, in most cases it has been less than a week and the reason was more likely because of staff shortages than children contracting the virus.
After having to abandon in-person lessons on a number of occasions in August and September, Lockerbie Primary tops the closures list of class or whole school shut-downs – despite the “excellent” vaccination uptake by adults across the region.The latest casualty is Calside Primary in Dumfries which closed on Wednesday with classes P1 to P7 and the learning centre all affected.As a result of the forthcoming holiday break it will
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