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LYTTON, B.C. – There were two problems that haunted Kyla Blair when the school where she works – and her children attend – returned to class.
Would your young men be safe? And can you keep other young people safe?
Blair, a mother of two, is an instructor and school assistant at Stein Valley Nlakapamux School, an independent First Nations school near Lytton, B.C., which resumed the ranks about a month ago.
The Ministry of Education said the school is the first in British Columbia. public and independent schools that have started in the 2020-2021 school year.
The school operates all year round, with extended breaks for students and 4 times a year, which correspond to culturally significant periods for the Nlaka’pamux nation.
Stein Valley Nlakapamux has been in consultation for 4 weeks, and the first 3 weeks allow students to attend swap days at stylish sizes. Full courses resumed last week and the current semester will run until October 2.
The Nlaka’pamux Nation has noticed cases of COVID-19 to date.
Blair is a kindergarten instructor and special education assistant at the school, where her children are in kindergarten and third grade.
He said he became involved in children’s ability to stick to physical distance rules and other COVID-19 protocols.
“This is a scary time to make the decision whether or not to take your child to school,” he said. “I am very grateful to have the opportunity to have such small categories and to have all those extra precautions in a position to keep my children and my circle of relatives safe.”
The school’s administrator, Edith Loring-Kuhanga, said the school followed its reopening plan before the Ministry of Education issued its own initial COVID-19 rules in July and early August.
Teachers return to British Columbia. September 8, with fellows attending categories two days later.
“We just had to create our own (addresses). It’s a little scary,” Loring-Kuhanga said. “Some parents and staff participated in us beingLet guinea pigs … what if it fails?”
The school should take as many protective precautions as possible, he said.
Students are evaluated 3 times before entering a classroom, all 40 staff members must have non-public protective devices, and each room has been cleaned to allow for greater physical distance.
The school staff relied on the province’s newest rules, line by line, and discovered they were doing more than necessary, Loring-Kahuna said.
“Our board has insisted that they don’t just need us to meet the standards, they need us to outperform them,” he said.
While young people were involved in understanding the new truth of security measures opposed to COVID-19, Blair said academics had temporarily followed the new guidelines.
Parents across the province expressed fear for protecting schools when they reopened, and although Blair said he understood those fears, he suggested to parents that they accept them as true with teachers.
“Parents want confidence that teachers and the school will work in the most productive way to adhere to protocols and do everything they can to keep everyone safe,” he said. “Everyone is doing as productive as possible. Mistakes can be made, however, this is how we are informed and we can correct type errors as we go.
But he added that the Ministry of Education must be stricter with sizes of elegance when resuming elegance in order to better handle security issues.
In a statement, the Ministry of Education notes that independent First Nations are exempt from the needs of the provincial government to be fully opened.
“The aptitude and protection of teachers, academics and is our most sensible priority,” the ministry said in a statement. “The government restart plan allows schools to deliver learning according to the overall fitness and protection needs of the BCCDC.”
This report was first published through the Canadian Press on August 24, 2020.
– By Nick Wells in Vancouver.
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