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Flags on public buildings are being flown at half-mast to honour the memories of the 215 children whose remains were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. “To . . .
The province first announced on March 18 that teachers would be vaccinated under its essential worker program. But that plan was changed multiple times as the province repurposed its AstraZeneca supply and made changes to eligibility. Teachers, among other groups, were left in the dark about when they may be getting the shot. Recent efforts to vaccinate teachers in the province have been primarily in the Lower Mainland, at hot spots in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health regions. Even now, as Interior Health promised to send information to the school district, skepticism remains. We re not holding our breath on this one because, in April, we heard there was going to be priority vaccinations for K-12, but nothing materialized, Macpherson said.
Wilson said the incident nearly left her in tears. The district’s dress code specifies a number of items of clothing that may not be worn by students, including clothes that promote the use of drugs or alcohol, that depict vulgar or sexual language or images, that discriminate against protected groups, that promote violence or violent groups or that is worn in a way that detracts from the teaching/learning process. Many have called for changes to policy over how women and girls can be singled out, particularly when teachers and administrators are given discretion in how it is applied.
But some, including the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) and the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers Association (KTTA), think now is not the time for such tests. There was nothing normal about the last school year or the one we are currently in,” BCTF president Teri Mooring wrote in a statement to parents. “Teachers, students and families have been forced to constantly adjust to changing rules and conditions.” KTTA president Laurel Macpherson agreed. She called it very unfortunate how the data is used, pointing to rankings created by Lower Mainland think tank, the Fraser Institute. Each year, the organization rates each school in the province out of 10 and provides a ranking using publicly available data from the FSA tests.