Winnipeg school divisions prepare for increased COVID-19 restrictions amid spike in cases “We have tried our best over the last two months of school reopening, but the shortcomings in our system due to lack of provincial policy and funding has taken its toll on the health and wellbeing of our educators, school leaders, support staff, and students,” reads the letter.“In August, $85.4 million in federal taxpayer money was provided to Manitoba, yet the province has not made it explicitly clear where and how these funds would be dispersed — and staff certainly haven’t seen the impact in our classrooms.”The letter states that teachers are bouncing between two or three schools daily, that principals are doing contact tracing, and that the.