The private system, meanwhile, tends to be smaller, have fewer students in classrooms and more flexibility to make changes largely because they don’t have to negotiate with teachers’ unions.
Mr. van Nostrand said middle-school classes at Appleby will hold as many as 10 students, with some groups studying in newly purchased portables. High-school students will likely have a mix of in-class and online instruction, but televisions mounted in classrooms, along with cameras and microphones, will allow them to interact with their teachers and classmates.
Daryl Weaver, the principal at Vancouver College, said his staff were able to pivot “fairly quickly” to distance learning and “that created a lot of positive news about us in the community.” He said there has been interest from families in having their children attend the school, where tuition is $8,200. However, the school is not increasing its enrolment so “there’s just been the odd student here and there, we’ve been able to slot in,” he said.
In middle-school grades, “where we have higher degrees of confidence in the students’ ability to wear [masks] without significant well-being concerns, we felt we could perhaps run slightly larger classes,” said Mr. McKinney, adding that the school is deciding whether to bring those students back full-time or in smaller groups on alternate days.
“Oh my goodness, I wish I had more room,” Ms. Whalen said. “There’s definitely a desire, I guess, for something different.” Tuition at the school is around $15,000.
Dr. Van Nostrand?! Lol
Of course, it’s all falling into place for Sflecce and fordnation this is what they have wanted all along Privatized education. They don’t care about our public ed system & the children and educational staff that are in it! Remember this come the next election! onted onpoli
MrShurrie
That's how bad our provincial governments are preparing Public Schools. Safety is for the rich kids in Alberta COVID19AB abed ableg
Time to ban private schools. They give the rich a reason to cut funding for public schools and to support unsafe reopening of schools. Govt should be using private schools to reduce class sizes for all students. Take their buildings
This is why I don't subscribe. Throwing unproven assumptions and generalizations... 'The private system, meanwhile, tends to be smaller, have fewer students in classrooms and more flexibility to make changes largely because they don’t have to negotiate with teachers’ unions.'
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