Thousands of B.C. students are heading to class on Monday in what will be a back-to-school unlike any the province has ever seen.
In-class instruction will resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic on June 1 on a voluntary basis, with reduced classroom capacity and a variety of physical distancing protocols.
Nicole Cook is among British Columbian parents who will be dropping her kids off Monday and said she feels safe enough to send them back.
Cook, a registered nurse, said she did her own research on the matter and involved her children in the decision. “From what we know, children are not the super-transmitters, the carriers that we thought they were,” said Cook, whose kids attend the Surrey School District. “In other parts of the world where