“You just can’t create bodies out of nowhere. The situation is more manpower and human resource than it is funding right now at this point,” said Sean Monteith, the director of education for the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board.
Coronavirus: B.C. teachers’ union applies to Labour Relations Board over back-to-school concerns There are 14,700 students in the Hastings Prince Edward district, and according to the data, 1,800 are learning online.
The district says this number is expected to grow to over 2,400 on Oct. 8 when the second octomester begins.“What we’re noticing is the uptake on families wanting their children in virtual school is also increasing and that has been a bit of a surprise for us,” said Monteith.On Friday,.