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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dominic-cardy-call-in-1.5622025
Education minister defends return to class plan
Dominic Cardy answered parents questions on CBC Radio call-in show
CBC News · Posted: Jun 22, 2020 12:31 PM AT
“I have to beg on behalf of the teachers and people across the province over the next month...please be patient,” said Cardy. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
Education Minister Dominic Cardy said there's one thing he wants to "shout out" to New Brunswickers: the province's COVID-19 education plan is not what he would want in a perfect world.
"I have to beg on behalf of the teachers and people across the province over the next month...please be patient," said Cardy.
"People are doing their best. I know it's frustrating and it's a difficult time but it is going to be difficult and there are going to be problems and there are going to be things that don't work properly."
Two weeks ago, the province announced their plan for a return to in-classroom learning in the fall.
What happens if a child at school is diagnosed with COVID-19?
Cardy said details are still being worked out with public health, but it appears that school would have to close in those cases.
"The intention at the moment is that you're going to see closures based on cases and aggressive cleaning protocols then put in place for a short while to make sure that there's absolutely no risk to the virus still being in the schools," said Cardy.
Information Morning - Fredericton
Phone-in with Education minister
"Then the practice you've seen in most places is that you then wait for the infection period to play out."
This would require students to start learning from home again, which Cardy says will be more robust than it was in the spring. But he acknowledges there will be challenges.
"I would guess there'll be problems and hiccups, especially the first time it happens in the first place it happens, and it'll be smooth for a while and then [there] will probably be hiccups somewhere else because that's just how things work," said Cardy.
Are high school students being 'sacrificed' in this plan?
The return to schools will also look different depending on grade levels.
Kindergarten to Grade 5 students will have smaller class sizes, middle school students will be in "classroom bubbles" and high school students will only have in-class instruction every other day.
Many parents expressed concerns about the high school aspect of the plan, with one parent feeling high school students were being "sacrificed" for the benefit of other grades.
Cardy took issue with the assertion and said a combination of online learning and co-op programs when students aren't in the classroom may actually be beneficial for them.
"What I've heard from teachers over the years is how they've been forced to put all the kids into these very small group of boxes, with lots of mandatory courses and very little flexibility to pursue things that they're actually interested in or want to do with the rest of their life, because they've got to check off these boxes to get into community college or university or even just to graduate," said Cardy.
Who will teach my kid if schools close down, and I work?
One parent who reached out said her kids will be going to an essential services daycare if the virus closes down schools, which means there would be no one to help them learn online.
Cardy said he hopes students will be able to be self-reliant with the technology.
"What we're trying to do is make sure the students are well-prepared to be able to use the technology themselves if we do have to go back into the red," said Cardy.
What protections will there be for janitors?
While the province is still ironing out details, other aspects of the schools will change, including maintenance and janitorial services.
"If you're just doing regular cleaning in low use space, that's one thing. If you're cleaning up in a room where people have been eating, obviously the standards are going to be higher," said Cardy.
"The government's going to be putting millions of dollars into cleaning supplies extra and above and beyond what we usually expend to make sure that those folks have got the gear that they need to be properly protected."
Will students still take the bus?
Cardy also said buses would run this fall, but they are still trying to figure out exactly how that will work.
"One of the things we've been trying to figure out is, 'Can we reduce loads on the buses and can we make partnerships with municipal transit systems where those exist, given that they're often not heavily used, to try and spread the load across different vehicles so that we minimize the social contact on the buses?'." said Cardy.
With files from Information Morning Fredericton
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David Amos
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Methinks the former NDP leader loves being in the limelight of Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Too Too Funny
David News
It certainly seems that no matter what any of the governments try to do, people will complain. At the end of the day, people will complain about
- Their taxes
- Rights and freedoms being trampled on
-To much or not enough being spent
- Poor me I have to change things
Please get over yourselves.
Let them work it out, there will be changes, high school kids by and large are much more able to be educated remotely than 5-7 yr olds.
If enough people don't want that, they can vote that way in the next election but beware, there will be a massive price tag associated with bringing all the kids back to classrooms that will only come from one play. Taxes
David Amos
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Reply to @David News: So you say
Reply to @David News: So you say
David News
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Reply to @David Amos: Yes David I say, but realize that it is only my personal opinion
Reply to @David Amos: Yes David I say, but realize that it is only my personal opinion
David Amos
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Reply to @David News: Why does my opinion not count?
Reply to @David News: Why does my opinion not count?
David News
Reply to @David Amos: Never suggested it doesn't, it does. I was sharing my perspective with all of the negative comments surrounding the back to school plan that I think is not bad given the current circumstances.
It is far easier to knock something down with no alternatives than it is to provide a reasoned alternative. Just tired of all the negativity personally.
David Amos
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Reply to @David News: I have a real name and have run for public office 7 times Yet what I posted before you went "Poof" after it was read and liked Go Figure as to why.
Reply to @David News: I have a real name and have run for public office 7 times Yet what I posted before you went "Poof" after it was read and liked Go Figure as to why.
James Edward
Reply to @David
News:The kids will be just fine. So will everyone else. Anyone remember
H1N1, Zika, Ebola, etc. The media always blows these viruses out of
proportion, for a variety of reasons.
David News
Reply to @David Amos: Oh sorry to hear that David I didn't get to see what you wrote, But I do know that feeling all too well.
David Amos
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Reply to @David News: Thanks for that FYI I already dealt with the malice as per my MO
JoeBrown
Reply to @James Edward: the y blow it out of proportion because you control them, or just because you read the minds of every reporter.
James Edward
Reply to @David News: Thanks for that FYI I already dealt with the malice as per my MO
JoeBrown
Reply to @James Edward: the y blow it out of proportion because you control them, or just because you read the minds of every reporter.
James Edward
Reply to @JoeBrown:
All the reporters are own by either governments or by 5 multinational
corporations (which also own the governments). They have an overarching
narrative to sell to use through the TEL e VISION. There job is to sell
division and fear. It makes them money and garners power/control.
Dianne
MacPherson
Reply to @James Edward:
Ebola is NEVER "blown out of proportion" !!!
That virus is a killer !!
Ebola is NEVER "blown out of proportion" !!!
That virus is a killer !!
JoeBrown
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Reply to @James Edward: Bwa ha ha. You were born under a bad sign, down ever since you could crawl....
Reply to @James Edward: Bwa ha ha. You were born under a bad sign, down ever since you could crawl....
James Edward
Reply to @Dianne
MacPherson: It's blown out of proportion as to its global reach. It will
never become a global mass killer, it burns out to fast, shows symptoms
to easily. Ebola's current form is no reason for anyone to panic,
except for people who live in that part of the African jungle.
James Edward:
Reply to @JoeBrown: Now your talking astrology? That isn't very scientific.
David Amos
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Reply to @JoeBrown: Trust that I was not born under a bad sign
Reply to @JoeBrown: Trust that I was not born under a bad sign
Graham McCormack
Reply to @James Edward: Blown out of proportion, that's funny. Have you not looked at the numbers since March?
James Edward
Reply to @Graham McCormack: Also read the comment, its about ebola.
Georges
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Reply to @David News: The rights of Canadians and free speech are being eroded.
David News
Reply to @Georges
Saint Yves: So the back to school plans from the government is eroding
our rights? Could you elaborate Georges, I do not see the connection.
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