The Opposition joined teachers in a makeshift classroom to demonstrate that maintaining proper physical distancing in schools will be impossible without more funding from Kenney for additional teachers, support staff and physical space.
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The classroom, set up by the NDP in the Edmonton Federal Building, attempted to fit 30 spaces for students in a standard-sized elementary classroom (defined as about 860 square feet of usable space by Alberta Infrastructure).
At best, it was determined that 18-20 spaces could safely fit in the classroom with two metres of spacing and that’s without accounting for any whiteboards, a teacher’s desk, bookshelves, coat racks and so on.
To date, Jason Kenney and the UCP have not provided additional operational funding to hire teachers and support staff nor has the Government taken any steps to secure additional space for classrooms this fall.
“The bottom line is there’s no way to safely fit 30 students in one classroom with proper physical distancing measures in place.”
- NDP Education Critic @shoffmanAB
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