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Mother protests at staff training

April 03, 2008

From the BBC News website:

“The mother of a 14-year-old boy with autism is leading a protest against plans to extend the summer holidays by a week in September for staff training.

Foxwood Special School in Hythe, Kent is holding five training days together at the start of the academic year.

“I am not against a block of days, but to have it at the end of the summer holidays makes things extremely difficult,” said Nicola Batzis....”