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The past year has been a roller coaster ride for everyone, but the education sector had to make some very significant and sudden changes.
Hastings Prince Edward District School Board Director of Education Sean Monteith says the pandemic forced them to make changes that would have taken ten years if it weren’t for COVID-19.
“Education is one of those businesses and sectors that is, in some ways, very resistant to change and so often what happens is when change is suggested in education, it becomes a matter of debate, and I’m not sure sometimes why there is even a debate, it should just be done. Especially when you know certain things are good for kids and the pandemic took the opportunity to debate a lot of things out and said you’ve got to get it done.”