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A confirmed student case of COVID-19 has resulted in the dismissal of nine students from Windsor’s Catholic Central High School.
The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board said it learned of the case on Sunday, and immediately informed the affected students they are not to return to school when classes resume on Tuesday.
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The school board said it is working with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, and has provided a list of students and staff who may have also had contact with the confirmed case.
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School board administrators are still considering the fallout from the government postponement of March break.
Education minister Stephen Lecce announced Thursday that a one-week break for public schools in the province was being pushed back to April 12-16 from its original slot on the calendar of March 15-19.
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Lecce said he was following the advice of Ontario’s health officials amid fears that a week off in March would lead to a spike in youth-related COVID-19 cases.
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Publishing date: Feb 05, 2021 • February 5, 2021 • 3 minute read • Ready for an early teaching start. Hope Forman, a University of Windsor Faculty of Education grad student, hopes to be part of the province s plan to help alleviate staff shortages in schools during the pandemic by permitting teacher students to begin classroom instruction before graduation. She s shown here on Feb. 4, 2021. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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Hope Forman is ready and willing to start her teaching career.
In her final semester with the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, Forman applied for one of Ontario’s new temporary teaching certificates this week in hopes of getting hired as a substitute teacher through an initiative to alleviate teacher shortages.
The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board will give parents another opportunity to choose their child’s learning model for the rest of the year.