![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-kids-are-trapped-in-29c-marquees-after-school-shut-classrooms-over-crumbling-concrete-and-itll-stay-for-4-weeks/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/temporary-marquee-st-francis-catholic-842936252.jpg&description=CHILDREN are being trapped in 29C marquees as schools shut classrooms over crumbling concrete, parents have revealed. Families say the back-to-school concrete crisis could drag on for another four weeks, with pupils sent into makeshift lessons despite safety fears. 5 Marquees and Portaloos have been set up for pupils exiled from classrooms Credit: Kevin Dunnett Parents at St Francis Catholic Primary in Berkshire told how their kids ate from doggy bags and were shepherded into stinking Portaloos on the hottest day of the year. The emergency sessions came as the government faced new scrutiny over just why so many schools have been left vulnerable to collapse. St Francis, in Ascot, is one among thousands of schools across Britain facing fears classrooms could cave in. The area also today had Met Office weather readings as high as 29C. Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete is at the centre of the latest schools scandal. The concrete - supported by steel rods that run through beams - has been used to build not only schools but also courts and other buildings since the 1960s. But safety's been questioned after a beam containing the material collapsed at an unnamed school during this summer's holidays. The government then announced a "change in our approach" to manage Raac, adding recent cases had "led to a loss of confidence in buildings containing the material". This has resulted in more than 100 schools, 41 hospitals and at least six courts closing - with many more potentially at risk. And families today told Sun Online of their worries. Maneesh Matthew, who has an eight-year-old daughter at St Francis, described how classes were continuing "which matters" - while saying: "Marquees are staying for four weeks." He added: "They don't have floors in the marquee and it's quite hot but the kids seem to find it an adventure." Five marquees were set up outside the school buildings, with families welcomed in to inspect them - but many of the parents The Sun spoke to said their){kind=link}
CHILDREN are being trapped in 29C marquees as schools shut classrooms over crumbling concrete, parents have revealed.
Families say the back-to-school concrete crisis could drag on for another four weeks, with pupils sent into makeshift lessons despite safety fears.
Parents at St Francis Catholic Primary in Berkshire told how their kids ate from doggy bags and were shepherded into stinking Portaloos on the hottest day of the year.
The emergency sessions came as the government faced new scrutiny over just why so many schools have been left vulnerable to collapse.
St Francis, in Ascot, is one among thousands of schools across Britain facing fears classrooms could cave in.