Top boarding schools allow parents to take students home earlier than scheduled

DEHRADUN/MUSSOORIE: Amid escalating India-Pakistan tension , prominent residential schools in Dehradun like The Doon School as well as Welham Boys' and Welham Girls' have permitted students to go back home earlier than the scheduled summer break. Mussoorie's Woodstock School has given a similar option to parents.

In an email to parents late on Thursday, The Doon School headmaster Jagpreet Singh, citing "several requests from parents who wanted to get their sons home, in view of possible flight disruptions", said that the school had decided to allow students who wish to leave, to depart from campus starting 6am on Friday (May 9). For those who preferred their sons to remain at school until the end of term, Singh said that "the school will continue to function and facilities will remain operational."

In a similar move, Welham Boys' and Welham Girls' sent out a communication saying that "parents who wished to take their wards home could do so." "As a precautionary measure, parents were sent emails that if they wished to take students back home early, they were free to do so, though we have kept the schools open until May 17. Almost all students have left, and the rest will leave soon," said a spokesperson.