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By Mitchell Blair
Apr 30, 2021 | 12:23 PM
With in-class learning set to resume in Regina on Monday, it has been revealed that the Regina Public School division is not regularly provided with the data that prompted the decision to return to class.
That is something NDP Education Critic Carla Beck pressed the government on during Question Period this morning,
Beck wanted to know why schools are being forced to make decisions with no information to go on.
Education Minister Dustin Duncan said that is not the case.
“Boards of directors meet with their local public health officers and people like (Provincial Chief Medical Health Officer) Dr. Saqib Shahab on a regular basis.” Duncan said. ” These decisions are not made in a vacuum. They are provided with the advice that is based on the information they have from local public health officers and the province,”
Education critic shares concerns from school staff, families ahead of in-class learning next week in Regina By Moises Canales
Apr 28, 2021 5:40 PM
Concern, surprise and unanswered questions are what NDP Education Critic Carla Beck has heard from parents and school staff over the last few days.
She said the reactions are from conversations she has had with people in the education community following announcements from the Regina Catholic and Public school divisions to return to in-class learning starting Monday.
Beck said some in the community are excited for the return of students and staff to classrooms, but others are wondering if this is the right time with variants of concern and over 800 active COVID-19 cases in Regina.