Hamilton’s public school board says it plans to keep schools open “as long as possible” amid the CUPE strike but one of its head caretakers says it will be a struggle to keep them open much longer without custodians and maintenance workers.
With the winter break approaching, there is concern families won t abide by public health recommendations and will gather during the holidays. People do gather around that Christmas holiday . We would have people potentially coming back to school who may have engaged in a gathering larger than you re supposed to, increasing the risk [to others] and they would be asymptomatic, so it wouldn t necessarily be caught by screening, Danko said.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a statement on Friday afternoon that as we continue to see increased rates of community transmission, our schools remain safe. To put this into perspective eight out of ten schools in this province have no active COVID-19 cases at all and 99.66 per cent of students have never reported a case of COVID-19, he said.
Hamilton sees school COVID-19 cases as Ontario hints at full-remote learning in 2021
Ten students and one staff member in Hamilton have tested positive for COVID-19, the third double-digit day for school-related infections in the city. The province also said families and school boards should be prepared in case they begin January classes fully remote.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 8:42 AM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Hamilton schools continue to see COVID-19 cases, and the province told families and school boards to be prepared for a potential pivot to full-remote learning.(Bobby Hristova/CBC)
Ten students and one staff member in Hamilton have tested positive for COVID-19, the third double-digit day for school-related infections in the city.