Teachers hope to see an enhanced level of testing for those who enter the school system come next month.
Health officials in Alberta have recommended that teachers be tested before going back to school but, to date, there has been no indication from government in Newfoundland and Labrador if they will take that same approach.
This province has only two active cases of COVID-19, but people expect to see a second wave.
NLTA President Dean Ingram says they have many questions surrounding virtually every aspect of school life such as masks, physical distancing, busing, and testing.
The NLTA feels it’s critically important that there be rapid access testing and rapid results instead of lengthy quarantining if the system is to continue functioning.
Meanwhile, Ingram says teachers are seeing greater interest in homeschooling these days, something which he attributes to lack of confidence in government’s K-12 Education Re-Entry Plan.