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BC parents push for ADHD to be recognized as serious learning risk in schools SHARE ON: Classroom (Photo by Pixabay) The Centre for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Canada (CADDC)  is pushing for ADHD to be recognized as a serious learning risk in BC schools. According to the CADDC,  BC school boards and educators currently view ADHD as less of a learning risk than other neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism. Both the CADDAC and many BC parents believe that the Ministry of Education needs to officially state that they recognize ADHD as a serious learning ris...

Meletis said she had spoken with other parents in the district who were feeling the same. "We don't want to pull kids out of school for safety," she said. "We don't want to have to choose between our children's education and wellness. We are one policy away from feeling safer." The change wouldn't just make schools safer for students, but for teachers and school staff as well, she said. Other jurisdictions, including Ontario, require all students to wear masks, Meletis said. "Most kids already own masks and are comfortable wearing them," Meletis said. In December the Prince George Distr...

School District 57 Board pressured to implement mandatory mask policy in all grades SHARE ON: SD57 Building (photo by MyPGNow.com staff) During the School District 57 public meeting, chair members were pressured to implement masks in all ages of students of SD57. President of the Prince George District Association (PGDTA), Joanne Hapke explained to the board just how scared and stressed many teachers are feeling at work. “The knowledge that school families will be travelling outside our region and returning to school January 4th did not provide comfort,” explained Hapke,” once again we...

After that, nothing was ever normal again about school days in 2020.  When grade schools in the province shut down at the end of that second week of March for what was supposed to be a two-week spring break, COVID-19 was just starting to clobber the globe and the outbreaks continued to fester across Canada while B.C. students were taking a breather from their studies. To contain the virus, schools were shut down in an effort the likes of which hadn’t been seen since the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918. The world was turned upside-down while society struggled to deal with the most disruptiv...

Parents pull kids from Prince George, B.C., school, as classroom teachers wait for COVID-19 test results Parents are pulling their children from a Prince George, B.C., elementary school after learning multiple teachers and staff members are waiting for COVID-19 test results and have experienced symptoms of the virus. Social Sharing