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Waterman added that students should head back to a classroom with 20 or 30 people in it only when Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald and Health Minister John Haggie deem to safe to do so. I think then that s the opportunity to push students slowly back into school, but rushing it is not the right option, because I feel that if something were to happen, students would feel the blame for it because we ve been either pushing to go back to school or pushing to leave school, and we need to be directed by health officials, Waterman said. I ve had a really hard time with online
While there's still no timeline for when in-class education will resume, following an outbreak of a coronavirus variant that put the province in Alert Level 5 lockdown, the provincial teachers' association hopes to get more information that will lead to stricter safety protocols in schools.
Parents pointing to double standard over use of schools on voting day
The N.L. Federation of School Councils complained Wednesday that it s fielding calls from angry parents across the province, wondering why Elections NL is letting voters into schools, while they re barred from entering school grounds for normal activities.
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The English school board is lending more than 50 of its schools to Elections NL on Feb. 13, leading parents to question why they can t use the same facilities safely.(CBC)