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B EDUCATION Continued from page 8 BEFORE COMING TO SCHOOL + Parents/guardians/ students must complete School symptoms and/or does not pass the Ontario COVID-19 School Screening Too! they may not return until they receive a negative CO- VID-19 test result or an al- ternative diagnosis by a health-care professional and symptoms have im- proved for at least 24 hours (ifsymptoms included au sea/vomiting/diarr] these symptoms thoaid be resolved for at least 48 hours); or, it has been 10 days since the symptom oc- curred and they are feeling better. STUDENT WITH POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 AT SCHOOL do if you ‘What to feel anwall at school" post- er is located in each class- sil | y) Metroland file photo. The Halton District School Board has announced its back-to-school plan. room. + Each school has a des- d space for student isolation should they pre- symptoms while at ‘genoa + The school will notify the parent/guardian that olation Room" ‘and needs to be picked up im- mediately. - Any students living in the same household will al- so need to go home if not fully immunized, or if they were not previously posi- tive within the past 90 days. and have since been cleared, /guardians should avid travelon pub (ransportation when ewig ‘with the child(ren). exposures would be re- duced. + Elementary students will be assigned to a single class cohort, with regular clase sizes. must follow the process re- garding student COVID-19 testing prior to returning to school. STUDENT COHORTS + The purpose of cohort- ing is to limit the mixing of students, so that if a stu- dent or employee develops an infection, the number of (OPEN KITCHEN RESTAURANT FOODSTUFFS Specialty ¢ Bulk « Health For a Small Fee/Week participate in this Foodie Feature linking your business or menu to these QR codes! [ Please contact Nancy Gibson pod information on placing your QR pore) ad. | om Cell: 289-681-2041 | ng Limited Space - Book Today! trition n breaks, cohorts will be maintained inside and outside. + Elementary class change requests will not be considered. + Secondary students will be part of two cohorts (morning class cohort and afternoon class cohort). Cafeterias will adhere to capacity limits and dis- incing. Employees will be re- quired to wear medical face masks, the board said, as well as additional personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with their job duties (e.g., pro- longed close contact with a student). TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE + The use of! dical elementary and secondary © school learning models 3 3 will look like can be found + here. HOW WILL | KNOW IF THERE = IS A COVID-19 CASE IN MY CHILD'S CLASSROOM OR IN OTHER CLASSROOMS? If there is a COVID-192 case (or suspected case) in & your child's classroom, & Public Health will deter- mine if the case was in the y building during their peri- 8 and masks/face coverings are required for all students, including Kindergarten on school "vehicles. Consider walking/wheeling to school instead of driving. BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE PROGRAMS + These programs will operate in all elementary schools at the discretion of the ild-care operator. + Before and after school cohorts will be matched to school cohorts where pos- sible. Information on what the oa in contact tracing processes (including con- tacting families as re- aquired) the board said. families can join an we nfornation session about September 2021 with Hamidal ghani, coramissioner rand medical officer of health for Halton Region, along with senior Halton District Se Board staff, for online information session Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. in which Megh- ani and HDSB staff will an- swer submitted questions from. families at www.hdsb.c — Cilio __ MEALS ON WHEELS ‘PRESENTED BY: =e rom SRR Cae a ee Tho céptto Group Bass HOMEANDLIFESTYLESHOW.CA “ASK THE EXPERTS” SMART RENOS & LANDSCAPING ADMISSION & PARKING FRE PET FRIENDLY es STARMET IST CONSUMER SHOW IN 18 MONTHS! SEPTEMBER 10-12 FR: APM-SPM | SAT: (UAM-TEM | SUN: IDAM-SPM CALEDON,ON ALBION BOLTON COMMUNITY CENTRE SAVY DESIGN & DECOR TRENDS GIFT GIVING & ENTERTAINING LAND PEEL PEEL Gress TOWN OF CALEDON Tew eee Tabu acl