New Westminster DPAC is a signatory on a joint letter from five DPACs (Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Sooke) to Adrian Dix, Minister of Health and Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education calling for additional COVID safety measures in schools.
The letter is here: Joint DPAC letter to MoE and MoH
This letter covers over 173,000 students as of today (Sept 27). Other DPACs have been invited to discuss and add their district to the signatory list.
DPAC will make a formal statement at the September 28, 2021 General Board meeting about specific measures we would like to see in our district.