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Publishing date: Jan 27, 2021 • January 27, 2021 • 5 minute read • Rainbow District School Board is advising parents and guardians that Public Health Sudbury and Districts advised the Sudbury Student Services Consortium that students from Sudbury Secondary School on four shared bus routes are required to self-isolate due to possible exposure to COVID-19 not related to the school or Rainbow District School Board. The board said there is no confirmed case of COVID-19 at Sudbury Secondary School or Rainbow District School Board at this time. Photo by John Lappa /Sudbury Star
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Transportation has again been cancelled Tuesday for students attending Marymount Academy and Pius XII since classes have been suspended for today.
Also, the Sudbury Student Services Consortium said in a release, four new runs have been affected by a possible COVID-19 exposure. All affected parents will be receiving an autodial message from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. today advising them of the possible exposure, and a letter from the Public Health Sudbury and Districts has been forwarded to the affected parents via email overnight.
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School bus routes cancelled in Sudbury because of driver shortage, with many isolating after COVID exposure
The Sudbury Student Services Consortium has had to cancelled a number of routes due to a driver shortage connected to COVID-19. Four bus routes were cancelled on Monday, as well as all buses to Marymount Academy in Sudbury.
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Posted: Jan 25, 2021 7:59 AM ET | Last Updated: January 25
Several bus routes have had to been cancelled by the Sudbury Student Services Consortium due to COVID-19 outbreaks at local schools(Erik White/CBC )