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Manitoba NDP calls for smaller classes, new teachers if schools reopen amid coronavirus
COVID-19 from spreading, the government should set firm limits on classroom sizes and reorganize schools in time for the first day of school, NDP Leader Wab Kinew said.“We’re calling on the provincial government to implement a class-size cap of 15 students per classroom,” Kinew said. Manitoba school divisions working on plans to bring students back to schools “And in order to accomplish this, the province would need to hire some 400 teachers.”The NDP plan also demands more buses and bus drivers, more personal protective equipment and increased mental health supports, at a total cost of roughly $260 million.The changes are possible even though there are only five weeks until the start of the school year, Kinew said.