URGENT for JAN 2022! Email the Manitoba Government To Demand Safer Schools and Childcare Centres!

Once again, as schools are required to close in January 2022 and students must learn remotely in Manitoba, our provincial government has been negligent in their duty to protect families, children, educators, and our public education system.

Email this new letter from January 2022 to express your concerns to your MLA and the provincial government to demand essential mitigation measures that are necessary to keep our schools and childcare centres safe in Manitoba in 2022. Our provincial government needs to invest in multi-layered protections against the transmission of the Omicron variant to keep our children, staff, families and communities safe.

Safe September MB has been calling on the Manitoba government to provide safe schools since August of 2020. We know what it will take to make schools safer. Epidemiologists, physicians, educators, and healthcare workers have been sounding the alarm for months. We remain discouraged that our government continues to choose a reactive approach, instead of planning for a safe and sustained return to school.

In the face of the more transmissible Omicront variant and the 4th wave of COVID-19, we need stronger leadership from the Manitoba government.

Thank you for taking action to support a safe plan for all K-12 students and their families in Manitoba.

For information, contact Safe September MB at: safeseptembermb@gmail.com

Safe September MB is a non-partisan group of parents, teachers, and community members who are concerned about the Manitoba provincial government’s plan to reopen schools with inadequate safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Dear [recipient position will go here] [recipient name will go here],

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The recent announcement, of one week of remote learning for all K-12 schools in MB from Jan 10-17, essentially moves schools to the RED: Critical Level on the Pandemic Response System as a result of this government’s clear failure to prepare for the rapid transmission of the Omicron variant. Once again, our provincial government has been negligent in their duty to protect families, children, educators, and our public education system.

Safe September MB has been calling on the Manitoba government to provide safe schools since August of 2020. We know what it will take to make schools safer. Epidemiologists, physicians, educators, and healthcare workers have been sounding the alarm for months. It is unconscionable that our government continues to choose a reactive approach, when we need an effective plan for safe and sustained in-person learning and childcare.

While our families and staff in K-12 schools and childcare facilities brace for the next few weeks in January 2022 (pivoting to keep providing these essential services), our provincial government needs to IMMEDIATELY provide the following essential measures to ensure that K-12 schools and childcare centres can decrease the transmission of COVID-19 in the coming days and weeks and remain open safely and sustainably:

1) Prioritize COVID-19 Vaccinations and Boosters - for staff, students and children in schools and childcare centres (i.e. 3rd boosters for school/childcare staff and 12-17 year olds, and 2nd doses for 5-11 year olds).

2) Prioritize Public Health Contact Tracing, PCR Testing, and Rapid Antigen Test Kits - for staff, students and children in schools and childcare centres. Implement mandatory test-to-stay programs.

3) Improve Ventilation, Provide CO2 Monitoring and Provide HEPA Filtration Units in all learning spaces - for schools and childcare centres.

4) Provide N95 (or equivalent) Masks - for staff, students and children in schools/childcare centres.

Sincerely,
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[your email address will go here] [your location will go here]

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