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He figures they will make learning from home more interesting and give him more time with teachers – even if it means he'll have to wake up earlier. "I'm not going to lie, I got up later than usual," Foster said of a typical day when he wasn't in class. Seth Foster, a Grade 10 student at Bernice MacNaughton High School in Moncton, says he's been managing to stay on top of his classwork from home, but he welcomes the new model of blended learning. (Submitted by Seth Foster) On those days, his only scheduled meeting was his social studies class, which started at 10:03.  

They require teachers and staff showing just one symptom of COVID-19, to stay at home. President of the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association, Rick Cuming, says this is creating an additional strain on the system. “This is a very real burden on the rest of the school staff who are trying to fill in for these unfilled days,” Cuming says. Cuming says district staff have been deployed in some cases to go to the schools, “But this extra strain on teachers and administrators will take a toll. If there is insufficient staff, then the schools will have to be closed to operational reasons.”

Riverview High staff told to book their own COVID-19 tests after positive case at school Riverview High School teachers and staff have been told to arrange their own COVID-19 tests this weekend, after a positive case was confirmed at the school on Wednesday. Social Sharing

The New Brunswick Teachers' Association says its members were left reeling by sudden changes to the province's...

Education minister apologizes to teachers for sudden red-phase rule change The New Brunswick Teachers' Federation says it does not support keeping schools open during the red phase after new rules took teachers and district by surprise. Social Sharing