--- title: "In Odesa, parents were asked not to send children to school until the overnight air raid alert is lifted" description: "On the morning of September 11, the Odesa City Council's Department of Education asked parents not to send their children to school until the overnight air raid alert is lifted and to assess their well-being after a sleepless night. For children who cannot be kept at home, duty groups operate at institutions with mandatory sheltering." date: 2026-09-11T07:40:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/in-odesa-parents-asked-not-to-send-children-to-school-until-air-raid-alert-lifted tags: [odesa, air-alert, schools, education, ukraine-war, safety, parents] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # In Odesa, parents were asked not to send children to school until the overnight air raid alert is lifted ![Mother and daughter studying on a tablet at home: in Odesa children are asked not to go to school until the night air raid alert ends](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/11/v-odesse-prosili-ne-otpravlyat-detey-v-shkoly-do-otboya-trevogi/v-odesse-prosili-ne-otpravlyat-detey-v-shkoly-do-otboya-trevogi-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - On the morning of September 11, the Odesa City Council's Department of Education asked that children be kept at home until the air raid alert, which lasted almost the entire night, is lifted. - Parents were advised to assess the child's condition after a sleepless night and, if necessary, not send them to school. - For children who cannot be kept at home, duty groups operate at educational institutions with mandatory sheltering. - Oleksandr Lonchak, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration's education department, confirmed that the algorithms of action during an alert have not changed, and urged teachers to inform parents more promptly. On Friday morning, September 11, the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa City Council published an appeal to parents of schoolchildren on its Telegram channel. Officials reminded residents that the air raid alert had continued throughout almost the entire night in the city, and asked them not to rush to send their children to educational institutions until it is lifted. "We ask you to keep your children at home until the air raid alert is lifted," the Department emphasized, adding that on such a day the child's safety and well-being are more important than any lesson. ### Call to assess the child's condition after a sleepless night In its appeal, the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa City Council drew adults' attention to the fact that after a difficult sleepless night spent under the conditions of an alert, parents should pay attention to the child's physical and emotional state. "Perhaps it would be better to keep him or her at home today," the department suggested. Parents were advised not to rush and to make the decision individually, based on the schoolchild's well-being. For children whom parents objectively have no opportunity to keep at home, duty groups will operate at educational institutions, with mandatory sheltering during the air raid alert. ### Duty groups and the operating procedure after the alert is lifted According to the Department, after the air raid alert is lifted, each educational institution will operate in accordance with its approved working schedule. Specific information on exactly how the day will be organized was promised to be communicated to parents in class chats. Thus, there was no single schedule for the morning of September 11: the decision was made at the level of each individual institution, taking into account the local situation and the duration of the alert in a specific district of the city. ### Reaction from the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration's education department The situation was also addressed by Oleksandr Lonchak, head of the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa Regional Military (State) Administration. On his Facebook page, he acknowledged that in certain areas of Odesa Oblast the air raid alert has been ongoing due to an attack by enemy drones, and expressed understanding of parents' anxiety. At the same time, he noted that in the fifth year of the war, questions about what to do during a morning alert still arise, and he urged teachers to communicate with parents more promptly, since parents also need to plan their day. "Take care of yourselves and your children," the official concluded. ### Algorithms of action and the absence of changes to the rules Lonchak separately emphasized that each educational institution has an approved algorithm of action in the event of an air raid alert, and the procedure depends on exactly what time the alert was declared. He stated that "no innovations regarding the color of alerts have changed these rules," and declared that the safety of children is a matter in which experiments or differing interpretations are unacceptable. Parents were advised to rely on the instructions of their institutions and the information in class chats, rather than on general assumptions. Thus, the morning of September 11 in Odesa passed in a mode of heightened caution: the regional and city authorities emphasized that the decision on whether to attend school under conditions of an ongoing or just-concluded air raid alert must be made by parents, taking into account the child's condition and the official instructions of the specific educational institution. ## πŸ” Fact-Check Verification - [Schoolchildren asked to be kept at home: an important statement for parents made in Odesa](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/shkolyariv-prosyat-zalishiti-vdoma-odesi-1789111907.html) - Π Π‘Πš-Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°ΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π΄Π°Π»ΠΎ тСкст обращСния Π”Π΅ΠΏΠ°Ρ€Ρ‚Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π° образования ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡƒΠΊΠΈ ΠžΠ“Π‘ ΠΈΠ· Π΅Π³ΠΎ Telegram-ΠΊΠ°Π½Π°Π»Π° (t.me/dep_osvity) ΠΈ ΠΏΡƒΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ†ΠΈΡŽ АлСксандра Π›ΠΎΠ½Ρ‡Π°ΠΊΠ° Π² Facebook (facebook.com/lonchak). Π‘ΠΎΠ΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ обращСния ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π°Ρ€ΠΈΠΈ Ρ‡ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ° согласованы ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρƒ собой ΠΈ Π½Π΅ содСрТат Π²Π½ΡƒΡ‚Ρ€Π΅Π½Π½ΠΈΡ… ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡ€Π΅Ρ‡ΠΈΠΉ. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What did the Odesa City Council's Department of Education do on the morning of September 11? **A:** The department published an appeal to parents on Telegram, asking them not to send their children to educational institutions until the air raid alert is lifted and to assess their well-being after a sleepless night. ### Q: What happens to children whose parents cannot keep them at home? **A:** Duty groups will operate at educational institutions, with mandatory sheltering during the air raid alert. ### Q: Have the rules of action during an alert changed due to the new color coding? **A:** No. Oleksandr Lonchak, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration's education department, stated that no innovations regarding the color of alerts have changed the approved algorithms of action at educational institutions. ### Q: How will parents find out in what mode their school is operating after the alert is lifted? **A:** Specific information on the institution's operating mode was promised to be communicated in class chats.