One of the largest school divisions in Saskatchewan is moving to remote learning as classrooms deal with a spike in COVID-19 infections.
Regina Public Schools says students will take classes from home next week, the final week before schools break for the holidays.
It says students will continue learning remotely when the break ends on Jan. 4, and the plan is to have them to return to classrooms Jan. 11.
The division say the change impacts all of its schools and students in all grades.
Teachers, in the meantime, will continue working in schools.
The division says staffing levels are strained and it’s sending students home as a proactive measure.
“We have had to close entire classes and schools overnight, often with less than 12-hours notice for parents and guardians. We have been challenged to replace teachers, educational assistants, and other staff who test positive or must self-isolate,” the division’s director of education, Greg Enion, said in a statement Monday.
“We are also acutely aware that if in-school classes were to continue up until the scheduled Dec. 21 holiday break, we could very likely see students and staff having to quarantine away from their families over the entire holiday period.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 7, 2020
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