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Officials with the region’s two largest school boards are planning how to roll out asymptomatic testing of staff and students for COVID-19 as mandated by the government.
The Ministry of Education sent a memo last week outlining the requirements for testing protocols that took effect Monday.
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Administrators for both the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board and the Greater Essex County District School Board described the program as being in its initial stage with no announced start date.
WINDSOR, ONT. Ontario s Ministry of Education wants asymptomatic testing of staff and students available starting the week of Feb. 22, according to school board officials in Windsor-Essex. And yet, both say they are still in the planning stages of the plan. Will testing start next week at the Greater Essex District School Board? I sincerely hope so, I’m working towards that says Sharon Pyke, GECDSB superintendent and COVID lead. Pyke does say they still working with the health unit and ministry to identify which schools should be offered testing first. And she says they also must meet with a third-party vendor to iron out all the details of the program.
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Students in their final year of high school are still expected to perform community service as a requirement for graduation despite the restrictions on community events by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Normally, students are required to log 40 hours of community service by the end of their Grade 12 year.