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Several Ontario school boards are scrambling to put plans in place for asymptomatic testing after the province gave them only days to implement a new approach that includes weekly targets.
A memo sent to school officials this week from the province’s Education Minister, Stephen Lecce, mandated that boards offer tests in 5 per cent of their schools every week – and to at least 2 per cent of their students.
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A confirmed student case of COVID-19 has resulted in the dismissal of nine students from Windsor’s Catholic Central High School.
The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board said it learned of the case on Sunday, and immediately informed the affected students they are not to return to school when classes resume on Tuesday.
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The school board said it is working with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, and has provided a list of students and staff who may have also had contact with the confirmed case.
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School board administrators are still considering the fallout from the government postponement of March break.
Education minister Stephen Lecce announced Thursday that a one-week break for public schools in the province was being pushed back to April 12-16 from its original slot on the calendar of March 15-19.
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Lecce said he was following the advice of Ontario’s health officials amid fears that a week off in March would lead to a spike in youth-related COVID-19 cases.