Feb 10, 2021 3:26 PM
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Teachers in School District 60 say they’re tired, stressed, burning out, and are feeling unsafe.
According to the President of the Peace River North Teacher’s Association Michele Wiebe, teachers in the area “are very stressed about being in classes”.
With the update to the Health & Safety Guidelines for K-12 Settings, elementary teachers, especially primary teachers, have specific difficulties regarding wearing face masks for teaching oral language in the classroom, and French teachers are finding it difficult to teach pronunciation.
“I am getting emails, text messages and phone calls from teachers all the time talking about how concerned they are about being in class, even with updated guidelines and more exposures,” says Wiebe.
Schools in Toronto, Peel and York regions to return to in-person learning on Feb. 16
The Ontario government says schools in Toronto, Peel Region and York Region will reopen for in-person learning on Feb. 16, while students in Durham and Halton regions and those outside of the Greater Toronto Area will return to the classroom on Feb. 8.
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Students in other regions that haven t yet returned to the classroom will do so Feb. 8
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An empty playground in a schoolyard is shown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
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Parents in Muskoka will find out Wednesday when their kids can return to in-person learning. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a tweet late Monday that the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health has promised that’s when he will make his final decision. Lecce says the province wants “all children in all regions back in class.” Lecce says parents will get the certainty they deserve by announcing Wednesday return dates for school.
We want all students in all regions back to class.
The Chief Medical Officer of Health confirmed to Premier @fordnation & I that on Wednesday he will finalize his advice.
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