VICTORIA The Qualicum School District (SD69) is notifying community members of a COVID-19 exposure at a Parksville elementary school. The exposure occurred on Feb. 25 and 26 at École Oceanside Elementary School. SD69 said in a letter to parents Tuesday that Island Health staff had already begun identifying and contacting anyone who needs to self-isolate or monitor for symptoms of the virus. All contact tracing is expected to be concluded by the end of day March 2, 2021, and all members of the École Oceanside Elementary School community will have received direct communication from the school, reads the letter from the school district Tuesday.
Students in the Comox Valley School District have started an online petition calling for shutdown of district schools and a shift to online learning because of the “staggering increase” in COVID-19. . .
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VICTORIA Students in the Comox Valley School District have launched an online petition calling for a transition to full online learning after multiple schools reported COVID-19 exposures over the past two weeks. The petition, launched Sunday, had received more than 1,250 digital signatures as of Tuesday morning. The description of the petition says that many students do not feel safe after seven schools in the region reported COVID-19 exposures since mid-February. It is our request that there is an immediate indefinite shutdown of all the schools within SD71, reads the petition. We request that this shutdown is sustained until the exposures within the Comox Valley (and preferably all of Vancouver Island) are under control so we can safely access our right to education.
Comox Valley students call for school closures
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An online petition is being shared in the Comox Valley asking SD71 to close all schools indefinitely.
It was created by a group called Comox Valley Students.
The students explain the reason behind the petition is that they “feel unsafe going to school.”
“The lack of action taken to prevent an increase of cases within SD71 has highlighted their apathy towards protecting the health of their student body. Students report a lack of enforcement in terms of provincial health regulations within both Elementary and high schools alike. This is unacceptable,” reads the petition description.