by Patti Bacchus on April 15th, 2021 at 2:06 PM 1 of 5 2 of 5
You’ve got to be kidding me.
After a year of hearing schools are essential to students’ well-being and absolutely must stay open during the deadly pandemic, several B.C. school boards are finding themselves
millions of dollars short in their budgets for the 2021-22 school year.
We’ve heard it over and over again: students need the supports they get at school as much as they need the academic instruction. Many rely on school meal programs and support from counsellors and education assistants. Yet many of those supports are on the chopping block.
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The B.C. School Trustees Association has sent a similar letter to the ministers, trustee Ron Polillo said. This is a no-brainer, he said. They should be vaccinated at the same rate as healthcare workers and first responders. Since the beginning of the month, Northern Health has reported COVID-19 exposures at five schools in the district (Valemount Elementary, College Heights Secondary, Prince George Secondary, Pineview Elementary and Hart Highlands Elementary). Trustee Bob Thompson said school staff are facing a game of Russian roulette to see if they are exposed to COVID-19. And some in-school staff members are part of the older demographics that are more likely to suffer serious symptoms from the disease.
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