As more staff self-isolate, teachers association says supply teachers can’t meet demand – CBC

Only 4 New Brunswick schools have come through the school year so far without a case of COVID-19

Feb 25, 2022

With schools in the province reporting hundreds of COVID-19 cases, the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association says supply teachers can’t fill the demand left by self-isolating staff.

On Tuesday, 659 cases were self-reported to schools, which included numbers from the long weekend. On Wednesday, another 942 cases were self-reported, and on Thursday, 423.

As of Thursday, only four schools in the province hadn’t been impacted by COVID-19 since the start of the school year last Sept. 7.

Connie Keating, president of the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association, says the latest outbreaks are having a significant impact on schools.

The province has offered full-time supply teachers to schools to help with positions left unfulfilled by isolating staff, she said, but it’s not enough.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/school-staff-isolating-covid-19-1.6363249