Kids, eh?

It's curious, but you can go a long time without hearing anything about schools, teachers and children in the area, and suddenly the news is flooded with items.

In the latest incident, a pensioner, of Ffordd Pennant, Mold, was suspended from her job after her employers said she admitted she’d tapped – or slapped – a youngster’s hand out of the way to stop him assaulting another child.

She was later sacked from her job of 13 years working on school bus runs, escorting children with special needs between Flintshire and Denbighshire.

The facts are unclear, but quote of the day came from Ian Budd, head of the council's children's services, who said yesterday

"there is never any excuse for physically restraining children in the council's care."

Really.  Not even if they're threatening to harm themselves?

It was a silly thing to say.