Norfolk County, ON, Canada / NorfolkToday.ca
Feb 4, 2021 8:35 AM
Students in Haldimand and Norfolk officially return back to class on Monday, but things will be a bit different.
Both the Grand Erie District School Board and the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board confirmed classes will resume as normal on February the 8th and that new mask policies will be in effect.
Beginning Monday, all students from JK to grade 12, are required to wear masks in the classroom for both boards.
This goes above and beyond the Provincial requirement of having students in Grade 1 through 12 wear masks.
Masks are also mandatory while riding the bus.
This announcement came on Wednesday afternoon from Education Minister Stephen Lecce.
Schooling has been fully online so far this year, following an extended Christmas break.
New safety measures have been put in place for schools to prepare for the reopening, including masks being mandatory for all students from Grade 1 to Grade 12.
Locally, both boards have implemented further measures requiring masks for students in Kindergarten as well.
This reopening covers Grand Erie District School Board and Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board.
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Six Nations Elected Council not happy with lack of info from Grand Erie District School Board
February 3, 2021
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By Victoria Gray Writer Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) want more supports for students attending the Grand Erie District School Board (GEDSB). Jeannie Martin, a Native Advisor in the GEDSB Indigenous Services department presented the 2019-20 progress report on the Education Services Agreement (formerly the tuition agreement) at a council meeting on January 26, but councillors were unenthused with the results and the tardiness of the report, which was due in the fall. Claudine VanEvery-Albert, the Six Nations GEDSB trustee explained that usually reports come to council on, or as close to September 15 and March 15 as possible, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic last March was not an option and much of the data from March to September has proven very difficult to wade through, due to virtual…
Students in Norfolk County will know today whether they can go back to in-person classes next week.
Ontario’s top physician, Dr. David Williams, is expected to give the government advice on school re-openings today.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the government will make a decision based on the advice and announce it with time to prepare.
Schools in COVID-19 hot spots and some other regions like ours are still teaching students entirely online and are expected to reopen for in-person learning by Feb. 10.
Recently, the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health wrote a letter to education ministers asking for the deployment of extra measures that would help children get back into classrooms safely while also stating that schools should be allowed to reopen before other public health restrictions are eased.
Norfolk County, ON, Canada / NorfolkToday.ca
Jan 28, 2021 8:32 AM
We now have a better picture of how the next few months will look inside our local schools – once students are allowed back into the classroom.
The deadline for students to switch in and out of in-class learning within the Grand Erie District School Board came earlier this month, and it showed some interesting trends.
For Secondary School students, more families opted to move from in-class to remote learning.
The GEDSB reported that 205 students requested to move to online instructions while 158 students asked to transition back to in-class learning.
For Elementary students, it was a much different picture as a vast majority of students are set to return to the classroom.