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Day 440 of isolation. Perfectly healthy child attending virtually because @Sflecce & @fordnation refused to adequately fund #onted to ensure @ONThealth & @GovCanHealth recommendations were met in schools.
Why weren't these same experts advocating for ALL students in the fall? 1/
Why weren't these same experts advocating for ALL students in the fall? 1/
Our most vulnerable not provided a safe place to learn; otherwise healthy children sacrificing their own #mentalhealth, bearing the burden of protecting the lives of their vulnerable/high-risk loved ones... 2/
Why did these experts permit schools to open in the first place without adequate safety measures in place? 3/
Listening to this live. @JILLSLASTWORD calls for a #SafeSeptemberON. Our children are our most precious assets; must protect them at all costs. Let's get it right for our school communities. #SmallerIsSafer! #topoli #onpoli #onted
.@AndreaHorwath up now, introduces @etfopresident as well as a local St. Paul's parent. Horwath notes the superhuman efforts of parents since March. Notes the "bargain basement" back to school plan that doesn't inspire confidence in our school communities. #topoli #onpoli #Onted
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Ontario #students, #parents, #grandparents, #teachers, #eduworkers #doctors, #nurses, #frontlineworkers, #busdrivers, #businessowners, and EVERYONE ELSE who is concerned that a failed #OntEd plan will undo all our efforts of the last 6 months: we need your voice...
Ontario #students, #parents, #grandparents, #teachers, #eduworkers #doctors, #nurses, #frontlineworkers, #busdrivers, #businessowners, and EVERYONE ELSE who is concerned that a failed #OntEd plan will undo all our efforts of the last 6 months: we need your voice...
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Share a selfie video w/
@OntarioSafe
to share your concerns and push for SMALLER CLASS SIZES based on evidence & expert advice.
We need submissions by FRI., AUG. 28. They will be compiled & edited to create a video open letter.
Follow the script, but make it your own:
Share a selfie video w/
@OntarioSafe
to share your concerns and push for SMALLER CLASS SIZES based on evidence & expert advice.
We need submissions by FRI., AUG. 28. They will be compiled & edited to create a video open letter.
Follow the script, but make it your own:
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Dear Premier Ford,
I am _____ (your name, profession, whatever you want to share)
I live in ____ (where are you in #Ontario?)
I want smaller class sizes b/c _____ (share whatever you like; why is this important to you?)
Please reduce class sizes. Smaller is safer.
Thank you.
Dear Premier Ford,
I am _____ (your name, profession, whatever you want to share)
I live in ____ (where are you in #Ontario?)
I want smaller class sizes b/c _____ (share whatever you like; why is this important to you?)
Please reduce class sizes. Smaller is safer.
Thank you.
I have a 3 & 6 year old registered in a @TCDSB school, the 1st ON board to mandate masks for kids Jk to Gr 3. The pushback on this by parents is mond-boggling so a thread on why I am very supportive of this decision. #SafeSeptemberON #TCDSB
Unfortunately @Sflecce has not given the boards resources to allow for small cohorts with 2m distancing in well ventilated areas. If we had that, masks would not be needed. But instead what we face is 32 people enclosed in a small room 5 days a week.
Anyone who thinks this is remotely safe without masks with this virus either has not been paying attention or expects other people to work in conditions they would never put themselves in.
School boards are noticing @imgrund's handy back-to-school policy comparison chart 👇 because people are speaking up 🗣️‼️
This weekend, e-mail your school trustees 📧demanding safe schools (template/contacts below). Your voice matters.
#SafeSeptemberON #onted #Masks4Canada
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This weekend, e-mail your school trustees 📧demanding safe schools (template/contacts below). Your voice matters.
#SafeSeptemberON #onted #Masks4Canada
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✉️ Find your trustee's email address:
TDSB: tdsb.on.ca/Leadership/Tru…
Peel: peelschools.org…/meetyourtr…/Pages/default.aspx
Durham: ddsb.ca/en/about-ddsb/……
York: yrdsb.ca/Trustees/Pages…
York Catholic: ycdsb.ca/trustees/
Halton: hdsb.ca/our-board/Page… /2
TDSB: tdsb.on.ca/Leadership/Tru…
Peel: peelschools.org…/meetyourtr…/Pages/default.aspx
Durham: ddsb.ca/en/about-ddsb/……
York: yrdsb.ca/Trustees/Pages…
York Catholic: ycdsb.ca/trustees/
Halton: hdsb.ca/our-board/Page… /2
✏️Here's a template for a letter (e.g. for Durham):
Dear [school trustee] ,
Thank you for all the hard work school boards are putting in over the summer for this exceptional year. However, our school protocols are still missing key pieces to keep our children & teachers safe. /3
Dear [school trustee] ,
Thank you for all the hard work school boards are putting in over the summer for this exceptional year. However, our school protocols are still missing key pieces to keep our children & teachers safe. /3
School is scheduled to start in 24 days. In Peel we need to decide by Monday whether to send our kids in to full-size classes with masks, or keep them home for hours of screen time each day for the foreseeable future. Neither choice is good. We're stuck.
#SafeSeptemberON #onted
#SafeSeptemberON #onted
We know we're fortunate b/c we *have* the choice. I've worked from home for years. I don't believe the remote option is right for my kids and would never choose it if more had been done to make our schools safer during this time. Many don't have a choice.
thestar.com/politics/provi…
thestar.com/politics/provi…
No one is saying this is easy. We're living in extraordinary times and there are things we can't do the way we normally would. We know better is possible. I would urge @fordnation and @Sflecce to take another look at @StevenDelDuca's plan. #onpoli #onted
ontarioliberal.ca/steven-del-duc…
ontarioliberal.ca/steven-del-duc…
What was the ventilation requirement for your school when it was designed? Have rates been measured this summer and repairs made (tighten fan belts, open dampers)? Have portable HEPA air cleaners been added to low-ventilated rooms? #SafeSeptemberON #onpoli 
Older schools with natural ventilation didn't necessarily achieve 30 CFM/person but it was certainly more than in the 1980s
That dip in the 1980's was a response to the energy crisis. It resulted in sick building syndrome. If smoking was present, outdoor air rates had to be 25 CFM/person, though good filtration with recirculation permitted reduced rates, the floor still being a mere 5 CFM/person.
