Thread by @SafeSchoolsSask

School divisions have been left in the unenviable position of having to make public health decisions that fall far outside of their expertise. There is no consistency or transparency.

Families and school staff deserve to know how many cases are in their school.
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There should be thresholds that trigger certain measures, and every stakeholder should know what those thresholds & measures are.
Instead of a predictable, transparent set of measures, our government opted for no plan. They opted for chaos. They opted to keep us in the dark. 2/7

This will not be our last wave, but let’s work together to make sure this is our last wave without these things:

🟠 N95s for students and staff
🟠 Transparent public documentation of air quality reports for each classroom. Clean air must be our minimum standard for schools. 3/7

COVID is airborne and cleaning and diluting indoor air with outdoor air is going to be a valuable tool in helping us move to an endemic state. 4/7

🟠 A provincial framework for dealing w/ school cases created w/ public health officials, supported by the ministry of ed. This framework must address case loads in the school & wider community. Levels should trigger actions that reduce the spread. This info must be public. 5/7

Parents and teachers deserve to know what triggers online learning, and prepare for it before the move happens. Transparency around case numbers and thresholds would provide that predictability. 6/7

We must work together to call on our government to do this work. We must not give up or wait someone else. We must do this for our children and our students. 7/7
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