Parent, Sask. teachers call for more communication around COVID-19 in schools

A mother in Warman said school divisions and the province need to communicate more with parents and guardians around positive cases in classrooms.

Some parents said they’re worried school divisions aren’t communicating enough when there’s a positive case of COVID-19 in class.

A Warman mother said she worries schools are taking too long to tell parents about possible outbreaks.

“I just got a text from one of the other parents there’s an outbreak in another classroom,” said Jennifer Nystrom as she spoke with Global News Tuesday afternoon.

It’s the second outbreak declared at a class at École Warman Elementary school within a week, according to Nystrom.

But she said knew about at least three cases in her son’s third grade class a week ago.

A letter sent to parents from the school division on Oct. 5 said they were waiting for confirmation from the Saskatchewan Health Authority before declaring an outbreak.

“It took them over a week to declare this one, and now it’s spreading like wildfire through the school,” she said.

Current isolation policies require students exposed to COVID-19 outside the classroom are expected to stay home if they have symptoms.