Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen has announced a 100 million dollar Safe Schools Fund to keep teachers and students safe when they return to school September 8th. He says the fund includes 48 million dollars saved while schools were closed in the spring. He notes 4.7 million masks have already been sent to school divisions. In addition he adds they know there will be more costs when it comes to transportation, getting our students to school, they also know there are going to be increased sanitation costs whether it’s on the buses or in the schools and both these costs will also be eligible and there’ll be higher degrees of absences both when it comes to students but also when it comes to teachers so there will be human resource issues and challenges within the school system so this fund will be available for those as well.
Goertzen adds all school divisions are able to access the funds with details to be sent out in the coming days.
