A deputy head explains how she respected the family's wishes butprepared teachers for news of the child's death
We had a 10-year-old boy in our school who was dying from a braintumour. His parents didn't want him or anyone else to know he wasdying.
Only myself, the school matron and three other senior members of staffknew he had three months to live.
It was obvious he was ill - he was barely at school at all. So we had topretend to the pupils and the rest of the staff that he was very ill butgoing to get better. This was what the parents wanted. They wanted himto have as normal a life as possible, even promising him a holiday inFlorida at Easter so he would have something to look forward to - eventhough this was three months away. He never got to go.
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