Some Catholic schools are resorting to remote learning as teacher workforce shortages and illness hit schools.
He said if carbon dioxide is too high, “there’s more likelihood there’ll be COVID in the air”. That is when they open windows and doors to increase ventilation. “There’s constantly COVID-19 around us. We’re trying to manage that; that’s not always possible to get casual relief teachers. Wednesday was a very bad day,” he said.The week before, the school had three days of partial remote learning: year 11 students, except for Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning and vocational education and training students, worked from home on the Tuesday and Thursday; and year 12 students on the Wednesday.
“Sometimes that is not practical when it’s 1 degree, like this morning, and if students and parents want to bring blankets along to stay warm, then that is fine,” she said. “When you have the last couple of days in some areas where it’s minus degrees, we wouldn’t have an issue if children are wearing an extra coat to keep themselves extra warm,” he said.
A Department of Education spokesperson said it was advising schools to take a “commonsense approach”, using air purifiers with heaters during winter months.
nikkprecel adamlcarey nikkprecel Did CRC spend $40k just for 50x CO2 monitors? Or was it $40k for both the 50x CO2 monitors and the air purifiers?
nikkprecel adamlcarey Poor bastards are too scared to put their gas heaters on.......
nikkprecel adamlcarey For god sake, kids are not at risk from serious illness from covid. Let the vulnerable adults, protect themselves with vax and and N95, but let the kids get their education. Masks don't work. Cases kept climbing during Vic and NSW last mask mandate. Covid will run its course.
nikkprecel adamlcarey How will Chip & Costello make this Dan's fault? Watch this space