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Originally Posted by 6793026

Churches are going to be shut down tmw. No religious events even if it's below 50.

2 issues with school

1) BC educational laws states

(a) 848 hours of instruction for students in kindergarten;
(b) 873 hours of instruction for students in grades 1 to 7;
(c) 947 hours of instruction for students in grades 8 to 12.

2) blah blah blah... board must, as soon as practicable and, in any event, within 30 days of amending a school calendar under section 87.02 of the Act, provide the minister with the amended school calendar.

So if we shut down TODAY Nov 18 all the way say.. January. How will students make up for lost hours? And virtually?

1) how do you make up metal work, wood work, PE classes, lab work (which also has min. mandates)

2) IF teens MISS OVER 3 months of school, will teachers be obligated to SKIP summer vacations to work?

ARE YOU telling me, you are OK to work JULY and AUGUST as a teacher to make up for class time when you have been off for 30+ yrs as a teacher during summer holidays?

I'm playing devils advocate here but if schools are closed earlier for an extended break and they aren't teaching wouldn't that count as time off just earlier than the summer? That's really no different then everyone else in the workforce not being able to take holidays when they wanted.

For example my wife works for the BC Govt. she can't take holidays around Christmas because so many of her co-workers have small kids and time off at the same time. I can never take holidays in August because my co-workers take their holidays every year in August and have done so for that last 15 years. I could actually go further than that, due to covid when it kicked off in March my wife had to work 37 days straight without a day off, most days she wasn't working an 8 hour day either 10-11 Hours it sucks but Covid has thrown a lot of wrenches in a lot of peoples schedules.

I don't really see it being that different. The PE and the shop classes are a problem for sure, not exactly sure how you make those up online if that's the only option.