Teachers and staff are not expected to purchase their own sanitizer and personal protective equipment, because school divisions and the province will provide these as needed.
That from the provincial government in a news release that emphasizes a safe return to the classroom must include frequent cleaning and disinfection to minimize transmission risk.
The Ministries of Health and Education are working to supply schools with gel hand sanitizer, but that’s on top of the sanitizer, cleaning supplies and PPE that schools have already procured.
The release says the 27 provincial school divisions had a savings of about $40-million for the last school year, which is being used for costs associated to a safe return to school, which could include increased custodial staff.
Each divisions’ plans is available to review online.
You can click on the link for your school division here.