Thread by @SafeSchoolsSask

This is a thread about the current state of education in the city of Saskatoon. We have been asked by a teacher to share this anonymously.

1.) The SHA @SaskHealth is not tracking cases at schools besides those that are done with a PCR through the health region.

2.) Parents no longer have any way to know how many cases are in a school b/c most cases are found through rapid test
3.) Cases reported differently in SDs. One reports all known cases in a daily letter to entire school community. The other sends them to impacted classes only.

4.) Attendance is apparently down by 15-25%
5.) Teachers are trying to deliver in-person and online content b/c of parental pressure and b/c teachers don't want their students falling behind. Doing both is time consuming and impossible.

6.) Principals are dealing w/ COVID cases almost 100% of their day.
7.) Vice principals and other non-classroom teachers are "subbing" in classroom as there are huge substitute teacher shortages.
8.) Teachers are not getting prep time, while shouldering extra workloads.

8.) Students are scared. One student asked, "If someone in our class died, would we go online then?"
9.) If this government wants kids in schools they should immediately suspend extra-curricular to reduce school spread.
10.) Parents should advocate for safer schools.

11.) The situation has hit a critical point. Teachers are not okay. Students are not okay. Only those in schools would get the full picture because this isn't being reported accurately anywhere.

12.) This is a cry for help. Parents, help us tighten things up, make the tough calls, avoid large gatherings and tournaments. Aks regulatory bodies to shut things down again as the @SKGov refuses to make schools safer.

13.) Even if we all get #omicron, it is careless to treat kids like science experiments by allowing them to all catch it at same time. /fin