“We follow the direction of Island Health,” said district spokesman Mike Russell. Chemainus Secondary School, Cowichan Secondary School and Quamichan School have also had COVID-19 exposures this month. An exposure is when a single person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 attends a school during their infectious period. Duncan Christian School, a private school that is not part of the district, will be closed until Feb. 1 after several people in the school community tested positive for COVID-19. A notice was issued Monday by the Sooke School District saying there had been a COVID-19 exposure at Royal Bay Secondary School.
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VICTORIA A second suspicious fire in the Cowichan Valley area cancelled classes at an elementary school on Friday. The fire was discovered near École Mount Prevost in Duncan around 7:10 a.m. by a neighbour of the school. The flames were quickly extinguished by the North Cowichan Fire Department and Mounties. The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP and specialized fire investigators are now looking into the incident. It s the second time this week that a suspicious fire closed a school in Duncan. On Monday, all classes at Drinkwater Elementary were cancelled for the day after a fire filled the building’s halls and classrooms with smoke.
Fire Cancels Classes at École Mount Prevost
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Fire investigators are looking for the cause of a small fire at another school in the Cowichan Valley School District.
The communications manager for School District 79, Mike Russell says they got a call after 7 am this morning that there was a fire outside of École Mount Prevost.
He says firefighters quickly put out the fire, but classes have been canceled for the day at Mt Prevost.
Earlier this week, a small fire outside of Drinkwater Elementary filled the school with smoke, forcing the cancellations of all classes at the school on Monday.
Monday classes were cancelled at Drinkwater Elementary in the Cowichan Valley School District after smoke from a suspicious fire on the exterior of the building got inside the structure. The . . .