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Mark Davidson remembers the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic as a “slow, rolling shock.” He could see it coming, but it was still jarring when it hit.
“We heard from the government on a Friday that we’d be back in school on Monday. Then we heard on Sunday: ‘No, you won’t, and you need to enable at-home learning as quickly as you can,’” says Davidson, superintendent of the Medicine Hat Public School Division in southern Alberta.
Pair of local elementary schools add one COVID-19 case each to active total
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Elm Street School and Ken Sauer School are both on alert as Alberta Health Services has identified an additional positive case of COVID-19 at each school, according to releases on the Medicine Hat Public School Division’s website.
The case announced at Elm Street School on Monday is the fourth connected to the school, while the new case at Ken Sauer School is its third.
MHPSD says it is confident those not directed to quarantine can go about their daily lives while online learning continues at schools across the province.
Prairie Rose opts out of curriculum pilot
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After teachers within the division took a long look at the Alberta government’s proposed K-6 curriculum, Prairie Rose Public Schools is joining a long list of Alberta schools opting out of piloting the draft curriculum.
The Medicine Hat Public School Division and Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education opted out of piloting at the beginning of April, but PRPS wanted to take more time before coming to a decision.
“We wanted to take a very informed and objective view and let our professional teachers, experts in the field so to speak who teach those grade levels, to take a good look at what this new curriculum would mean for our K-6 kids,” said Roger Clarke, PRPS’s superintendent.
Another couple of COVID cases announced at local public schools
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The Medicine Hat Public School Division announced on Monday night two additional COVID-19 cases at its schools.
Alberta Health Services identified the new cases at Ken Sauer School and Crestwood School. Ken Sauer now has two active cases connected with the school and the new case at Crestwood School is its only current active case.
All close contacts have been identified and started their quarantine. Both schools remain open to all unaffected students and staff.
“We are confident based on AHS guidance, that those who have not been directed to quarantine can attend school safely,” says a release on the division’s website.
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