Author of the article: Julia McKay
Publishing date: May 12, 2021 • May 12, 2021 • 3 minute read With no students in the school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, John XXIII Catholic School principal Michael Muise and two custodians escorted a mother duck and her 10 ducklings from the enclosed courtyard, through the school and down to the local pond last Friday. The mother mallard, or possibly one of her descendants, has returned to the school s courtyard to lay its eggs for the past 12 years. Photo by Michael Muise /Supplied Photo
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KINGSTON Even without students and staff filing through the hallways of John XXIII Catholic School for in-person learning at the moment, that doesn’t mean the school is completely empty.
Author of the article: The Whig-Standard
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 1 day ago • 1 minute read
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Eleven new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Kingston region on Friday and another person has been admitted to hospital.
Seven of the new cases four females between 18 and 29 years of age, two females in their 30s and a males in his 60s contracted the virus through close contact.
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The remaining four cases a male and two females in their 30s and a female between 18 and 26 are being investigated by Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health.
TORONTO Schools in four other Ontario regions will be returning to in-person learning next week, the government confirms. In a statement released Thursday morning, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said that kids within Ottawa, Middlesex-London, and Southwestern and Eastern Ontario’s public health units will return to the classroom on Monday. On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, with the support of the local Medical Officers of Health, and with the introduction of additional layers of protection, 280,000 students in four public health regions will return to class on Monday, February 1,” Lecce said. According to the province, this means that 520,000 students are now able to continue their education in class.
Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to Class Beginning Next week.
Today (Jan 20), Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, provided an update on which schools can resume for in-person learning, saying this:
“On the advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the government is allowing seven public health units and over 100,000 students to return to class on Monday, January 25th.
Getting students back into class is our top priority. According to Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and leading medical and scientific experts, including the Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario’s schools are safe places for learning.
To ensure schools remain safe, the government is introducing additional measures including provincewide targeted asymptomatic testing, enhanced screening, mandatory masking for students in Grades 1-3 and outdoors where physical distancing cannot be maintained.”