Surely the opposing argument to this is that these kids desperately need to go back to school? The gap between social classes of children in education is already huge let alone the awful impact this is going to have on these children. Some schools also have services to help kids with clean clothes and washing, which im sure they'd be keen to adapt to these circumstances to keep these children and other children safe, educated and happy.If you work in a school in a deprived area where kids where same clothes for days, grubby and unwashed bodies... Constant black dirt under fingernails... You would be worried about kids going bAck to school . We told clothes need to be washed as soon you get home on 60 degree wash as it can live for 72 hrs. I 've seen kids today wearing same clothes two days running... Shower / bath nightly... Likely not