Tri-City News September 17 2020

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‘We are all at the mercy of the... system’ After months at home, students head back to class DIANe STRANDbeRG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

The scene at Dr. Charles Best secondary played out across School District 43 as 32,000 students as well as teachers and support workers headed back to class last week. Order, calm and some anxiety was part of the back to school protocol.

It was a pirate’s life of a different kind on Saturday as Variety: The Children’s Charity, held a reverse parade on the rooftop parkade at Coquitlam Centre instead of its annual Boat for Hope event in Vancouver’s False Creek so kids facing medical challenges could enjoy their chance to battle costumed scallywags and collect loot from various treasure stops along the way. See more photos on Page 7. Stefan LabbÉ/the tri-City newS

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Dr. Charles Best students got a first look at school under strict COVID-19 protocols last week as they arrived wearing masks and carrying smart phones, many with headphones tucked discreetly in their

ears. If school is an important social equalizer, then Best fit the bill because students looked very much alike in their masks as they stood alone or grouped in twos or threes waiting for doors to open on the next phase of their life — albeit governed by new physical distancing rules. “Step away six feet,” Joel Nelson, vice-principal of the Coquitlam school, urged through a megaphone has he explained the new protocols that “we all have to get used to.” With only one to 2% of students indicating they would not return or would be pursuing homeschooling, according to an SD43 survey, it is expected that a majority of SD43’s 32,000 students would be heading back to class. see

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