LONDON, ONT. School and health officials say classrooms remain safe, even with active COVID-19 cases in 30 London-area schools. According to the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) website, there are currently 26 schools in the region with at least one or more active COVID-19 cases, but only a small fraction have led to outbreaks. Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) Medical Officer of Health Dr. Chris Mackie says the region has not really seen much spread in schools. The vast majority of cases diagnosed in school were acquired at home. We ve seen very little transmission within schools, really only a handful of cases among the tens of thousands of students that have been in school for the last two months, so schools are not a place of high transmission in this area.
LONDON, ONT. More than half of the principals across Ontario, from all school boards, are reporting levels of stress that are not manageable, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by People for Education asked principals across the province and all teaching models (in person, hybrid and virtual) how they were dealing with stress during the pandemic. Annie Kidder, the executive director for People for Education says they survey educators every year, but this year they wanted to specifically find out how administrators were faring. “How they were doing? How they ranked the major issues or challenges they were dealing with.”