“Funding for pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 education in Saskatchewan is increasing, but provincial grants are not keeping pace with inflationary increases we’re seeing on the expense side,” said Diane Boyko, the division’s chair, in a media release. The division is predicting 955 more students next year, a 4.9 per cent increase that would bring the number of students division-wide to 20,424, an increase of 4.9 per cent. In Humboldt, St. Augustine is expected to grow by five students to make the total 336 and St. Dominic is expected to grow by ten students to make the total 276. There will be 15 additional teaching positions, six new full time equivalent in student services positions and 17 additional educational assistant positions. Greater Saskatoon Catholic said priority will be given to staffing and resourcing enough classrooms to accommodate the growth in students while maintaining class sizes.
SASKATOON Two more Saskatoon schools are moving to online learning after cases of COVID-19 were discovered on Sunday. On May 30, officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) informed the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School (GSCS) division of two positive cases of COVID-19 at Holy Cross High School and a single case at St. Bernard School, GSCS said. Contact tracing is underway and the school is working with health officials to inform parents, the division said. The SHA recommends all close contact get tested for COVID-19 and risk of exposure for anyone not considered a close contact is low. The affected classes and cohorts will switch to online learning, GSCS said
By Brad Jennings
May 22, 2021 | 9:38 AM
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is recommending close contacts get tested after a person tested positive for COVID-19 at a Saskatoon school this week.
On Friday, officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority informed the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School of a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Bethlehem Catholic High School. GSCS says it is working with Public Health to notify parents and caregivers. The SHA says Risk of exposure for anyone not considered a close contact remains low.
The affected cohorts will switch to online learning.
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Students at a Saskatoon elementary school are heading back to class after a week of learning from home.
During the week, classes switched to online learning for students, according to a release from the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School division.
That’s not the end of issues with the water at the facility, however. A drinking water advisory has been issued for the school, which has the division encouraging students to bring their own water bottles full of drinking water. Drinking water will also be available to the students at the school.
Several water main breaks caused the service shut down for the school and surrounding area.