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Brandon Sun By: The Brandon Sun Save to Read Later Desks are spread apart in a classroom at Betty Gibson School as part of social distancing measures in an effort to minimize COVID-19 spread in the school. (FILE/The Brandon Sun) “Because of the Pallister government, apparently we’re going to ask Manitoba teachers to go North Dakota to get their vaccination. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.” "Because of the Pallister government, apparently we’re going to ask Manitoba teachers to go North Dakota to get their vaccination. It does...

More schools are transitioning to remote learning as Manitoba COVID-19 case counts and close contacts swell.

Winnipeg Free Press MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES School staffing challenges have worsened since spring break thanks to rising exposures of highly infectious variants during the province's third wave and resulting in more empty classrooms as some schools switching to remote learning. The latest COVID-19 challenge for Manitoba schools is a shortage of teachers who are able to be in a physical classroom — a development that has, in part, led to more schools switching to remote learning. The latest COVID-19 challenge for Manitoba schools is a shortage of teachers who are able to be in ...

Shut down all public schools in Winnipeg, teachers' union says The Manitoba Teachers' Society is calling on the provincial government to declare code red for all public schools in Winnipeg and move them to remote learning. Social Sharing Manitoba Teachers' Society wants remote learning to start May 4 and continue until 3rd COVID-19 wave slows Posted: Apr 29, 2021 10:31 AM CT | Last Updated: April 29 David Chan says he worries about catching COVID-19 every time he takes his siblings to school.(Walther Bernal/CBC)

Charleswood school to stay on blended-model course Trustees voted Thursday to deny a request put forward by a collective of nearly 100 parents to have their middle schoolers return to class full-time within public health guidelines. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files) Seventh and eighth graders at École Charleswood School will continue learning at home every other day for the foreseeable future, despite parent concerns the blended model is having negative consequences on their children’s education and well-being. Seventh and eighth graders at École Charleswood School will cont...