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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStrate was oorspoel na die swaar re\u00ebn en storms<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n McKay s\u00ea sy was baie bekommerd oor die veiligheid van kinders in di\u00e9 weer, veral di\u00e9 wat lang afstande skool toe moet stap of vervoer gebruik wat nie veilig is in die swaar re\u00ebn en storms nie.\u201cOns moet ook dink aan kinders wat uit kwesbare gemeenskappe kom waar huise reeds deur die weer geraak word. Ek dink die departement het wel probeer om vinnig op te tree, maar daar is altyd ruimte vir beter en vinniger kommunikasie met ouers en skole. In sulke noodsituasies moet inligting duidelik, betyds en toeganklik wees sodat ouers voorbereid kan wees,” het sy bygevoeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophia Smit, \u2019n inwoner van die Yskor-buurt in Vredenburg, voel alhoewel sy met die besluit om skole te sluit saamstem, dat die departement baie stadig opgetree het en dat druk vroe\u00ebr geplaas moes gewees het.Met die slegte weerstoestande was Smit bekommerd oor die veiligheid van kinders en vrees sy vir beserings en die moontlikheid dat kinders siek kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Norman van Wyk, \u2019n gemeenskapsaktivis en wykskomiteelid van Vredenburg, s\u00ea die besluit van die departement om skole as veiligheidsmaatre\u00ebl te sluit, word hoog aangeslaan deur gemeenskappe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie kommunikasie, alhoewel dit ter elfder ure gekommunikeer is, is wel ontvang. Daar heers steeds kommer oor hoekom hierdie skrywe, wat duidelik geformuleer was op 5 Mei, skole in die Weskus, of meer spesifiek Saldanha, eers vandag bereik het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWeersvoorspellings word dae, indien nie maande nie, vooruit deurgegee. Almal het geweet van die drastiese weersverandering wat oor die komende paar dae te wagte is. Is die voorsorgmaatre\u00ebls voldoende? Sal leerlinge, veral ho\u00ebrgraadstudente, dalk nie baie belangrike kontakonderrig misloop nie? Wat het die skole in plek om genoemde kwellings aan te spreek?\u201dVan Wyk voeg by dat \u2019n artikel in Newsweek, gedateer 6 Januarie 2026, verklaar dat skole in gebiede soos Michigan en Wisconsin vir \u2019n dag gesluit is, met die kennisgewing dat daar vir die duur van die storms na aanlyn onderrig oorgeskakel sou word.\u201cOns moet self di\u00e9 voorbeeld volg. Ons departement moet gebeurlikheidsplanne vir die hele winterseisoen in plek h\u00ea. Tuisbly is goed, maar \u2019n student wat tuis besig is met skoolwerk, is beter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Maynier, Wes-Kaapse minister van onderwys, voeg by dat hul standaardposisie is om skole altyd oop te hou en skole slegs in uitsonderlike omstandighede te sluit. 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