St. James Public School pivots to online learning only
COVID-19 cases also detected at Ecole Gron Morgan Public School, Woodcrest Public School and the Lakehead Adult Education Centre at Victoria Park.
Feb 22, 2021 8:54 PM By: Leith Dunick
THUNDER BAY St. James Public School will be immediately transitioning to virtual learning after a new case of COVID-19 was detected at the school and was deemed to have been acquired within the school setting.
Single cases at three other facilities on Monday, including Woodcrest Public School, Ecole Gron Morgan Public School and the Lakehead Adult Education Centre located at Victoria Park.
The pause of in-class learning at St. James Public School will be in place for at least a week, starting on Tuesday.
Woodcrest Public School shifted to virtual learning as more COVID-19 cases reported at Thunder Bay schools
Four Thunder Bay schools will be closed for in-person learning this week, with COVID-19 cases having been associated with a handful of other schools.
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The Lakehead District School Board announced St. James Public School would be closed to in-person learning, beginning on Tuesday, for at least a week.(Matt Vis/CBC)
Four Thunder Bay schools will be closed for in-person learning this week, with COVID-19 cases having been associated with a handful of other schools.
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More city schools now have cases of COVID-19 to report and two school are moving to virtual learning.
Lakehead Public Schools reports there are three positive cases reported at St. James Public School.
The board reports the Thunder Bay District Health Unit says there is no evidence the virus has spread in the school setting and it is not considered an outbreak.
The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board tells us there is also an individual at Corpus Christi School that has tested positive for COVID-19.
The cohort at the school will remain home.
In addition the Catholic board indicates there is a second COVID-19 case at Pope John Paul II Senior Elementary School.
Keene said rising case numbers within the community also factored into the decision to have those two schools operate virtually.
The board consulted with Thunder Bay District medical officer of health Dr. Janet DeMille, Keene added, who supported shifting those schools to virtual learning but indicated it wasn t necessary to do that for all schools.
Keene said the transition to virtual learning for Westgate is relatively easy because high schools are already operating online for half the day. He said Monday is being spent as a transition day for Kingsway, as students and staff prepare to operate virtually.
Multiple schools impacted by COVID-19