By Craig Read
Feb 3, 2021 5:16 PM
The Prairie Valley School Division is advising the public that a third case of COVID-19 has been confirmed, in an individual associated with the Fort Qu’Appelle Elementary School.
After consulting with Public Health officials, the school is moving to Level Four of the province’s Safe Schools Plan, with students in all grades shifting to online learning, beginning tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 4).
At this time, Prairie Valley officials anticipate that students will be able to return to classrooms on February 22nd.
Fort Qu’Appelle Elementary School is closing until Feb. 22 due to COVID-19.
In a media release Wednesday, the Prairie Valley School Division said it had been told by public health officials that a third individual associated with the school had tested positive for the virus.
As a result, the school is moving to Level 4 of the province’s Safe Schools Plan, meaning all students will shift to online learning starting Thursday.
In-class learning is expected to resume Feb. 22.
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CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) is concerned about protecting education support workers against possible exposure to COVID-19, and would like to see a provincial mandate put forward.
Rob Westfield, chair of the Saskatchewan Education Workers’ steering committee for CUPE and also an education support worker himself, said rather than each school division in the province implementing its own directives there should be one common policy for all.
“All of the support workers want to work,” he said. “We want to educate students. However, we also want to be safe. And we want the students to be safe as well.”