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Schools searching for safe (and warm) spaces as winter approaches

As temperatures drop and administrators search for solutions to cramped schools, students in Louis Riel School Division could soon be learning in tents and church basements.
Winnipeg Free Press ·
Manitoba schools have taken learning outdoors more often because it's safer during the pandemic. Now they're planning for the onset of winter weather. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

As temperatures drop and administrators search for solutions to cramped schools, students in Louis Riel School Division could soon be learning in tents and church basements.

Public health officials have promoted outdoor education as the safest way to hold classes during the COVID-19 pandemic and educators have listened, with many music lessons, phys-ed courses and other core subjects being taught outside this fall.

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