‘Self-isolating’ instructor found at airport leaves ₤ 90k task after suspension on complete pay

Alicia Reid declared she needed to self-isolate (Image: Yui Mok/PA)

A headteacher in Scotland has actually lost her ₤ 90,000-a-year task after she was presumably spotted jetting away on vacation, while declaring to be in Covid self-isolation.

Alicia Reid, 54, head of Stranraer Academy in Wigtownshire, was videoed by a student at Glasgow Airport on October 7, 2021, as she waited in the line for a flight to Turkey, with the trainee then sharing the video footage on Snapchat.

The caption on the social networks website checked out: “Miss Reid is that you? It looks a lot like her.”

She was appropriately suspended on complete spend for 18 months and Dumfries and Galloway Council have actually now verified that she has actually left her position at the school, although it is uncertain whether she has actually been sacked or entrusted a pay-off.

The letter to moms and dads checked out: “For your info, Ms Alicia Reid has actually left work. We thank Alicia for her contributions and want her the very best in her future endeavours.”

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The headteacher was apparently recorded at Glasgow Airport by a student (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Previously in the day on October 7, Reid supposedly informed associates she required to go house after being “pinged” as a close contact of somebody who had actually checked favorable for coronavirus.

The daddy of the student who shot the video informed the Scottish Mail on Sunday at the time: “My child was actually surprised to see her headteacher there.

“I heard her say, ‘It's Miss Reid! What is she doing here?'.

“She began recording and published the images to let her buddies see.

“We had no concept of the result it would have since we didn't understand the instructor was expected to be off self-isolating.”

The headteacher was apparently in the line for a flight to Turkey (Image: Getty)

The airport sighting followed moms and dads were consistently motivated not to take their kids out of school throughout term time.

One disappointed moms and dad at the time stated: “It appears it's one guideline for some and one for others.

“We get alerted not to book vacations throughout school time, however obviously the headteacher appears to believe those cautions do not use to her.”

Reid's position in the school was taken control of by acting head Jamie Farquhar, who is still in the function.

The Daily Mail reports that the council spokesperson stated: “The acting headteacher continues to offer management and management to the school with a concentrate on the requirements of students.

“Officers will touch with the chair of the moms and dad council, with a view to recruiting and designating to the post of headteacher at Stranraer Academy in due course.”