GECDSB deadline to opt-out of in-person learning Aug 6 windsor.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from windsor.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WINDSOR, ONT. Windsorites are encouraged to grow sunflowers this year to show support to frontline healthcare workers. The “Pockets Full of Sunshine” initiative is being organized by the Shine Bright YQG and Windsor Frontline Healthcare Workers Facebook groups to inspire the region during these challenging times. “Our goal of this is really to help lift the spirits of frontline health care workers,” says organizer Edy Haddad. Haddad says 5,000 seeds of 15 different varieties are arriving this week to be distributed over the next month. “We’re trying to do our part to help lift their spirits,” Haddad. “To tell them that it’s going to be alright. That we’re here for you, we appreciate what you’re doing and we’re going to stand by you until this is done and we’re going to do our part.”
WINDSOR, ONT. Ontario s Ministry of Education wants asymptomatic testing of staff and students available starting the week of Feb. 22, according to school board officials in Windsor-Essex. And yet, both say they are still in the planning stages of the plan. Will testing start next week at the Greater Essex District School Board? I sincerely hope so, I’m working towards that says Sharon Pyke, GECDSB superintendent and COVID lead. Pyke does say they still working with the health unit and ministry to identify which schools should be offered testing first. And she says they also must meet with a third-party vendor to iron out all the details of the program.
Voluntary testing in schools still in planning stages windsor.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from windsor.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.