Jostle for safe resumption by schools

Staff members are using the summer to fix light-weight hand-washing posts, re-arranging furniture, doing trial tests of positional pointers glued onto hallway floors, and assembling a precautionary barricade for front line employees.  Mark Fisher, the Thames Valley District School Board’s education director explained that all the talks and suggestions are all theory, he went on to stress that what is needed is for all the suggestions to be carried out in practical terms for testing to see the workability.  

Due to speculations about the likelihood of school resumption by fall, infectious disease professionals and educators further advised that there should be no laxity this summer.  Anxiety is being expressed in some areas though most schools are doing is just groundwork; though not enough screening is being done to set the ball rolling for the return of staff and students.

Michael Warner, a father of three and also a medical director of critical care at Toronto’s Michael Garron Hospital advised that there is ample room to test run. He went on to say it did not mean that children and teachers should be used as 'lab rats', but instead to test ideas and concepts carefully before the resumption of school to prevent hustle and bustle to get things done.   

Children’s response to this pandemic could be a dicey one; they are not inclined to get very ill when infected, however, how they handle the spread of the virus is still very vague.   Certain studies propose that young children are that the probability of children transmitting the virus to others is low compared to adults.  Arrangements for youngest learners to return to school full time, with Coronavirus safety precautions has been announced by New Brunswick, Quebec, Alberta, Nova Scotia,  and Saskatchewan.  

There is contemplation that the Education Minister Stephen Lecce, in Ontario, will uncover school resumption arrangements in the coming week. Mr. Lecce‘s spokeswoman reiterated that the government is working in synergy with scientists and medical professionals to administer health measures for schools, but was not specific about the groundwork being done this summer in preparation for the resumption of schools.