Covid 19 coronavirus: Schools preparing emergency lockdown plans
28 Jan, 2021 10:23 PM
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By John Gerritsen, of RNZ
Schools have not even reopened for the year and they are already preparing emergency plans for dealing with another lockdown.
Principals told RNZ the latest Covid-19 cases have reminded them just how important it was to be prepared for a sudden lockdown that forces students and teachers to work from home.
Whangārei s Manaia View School principal Leanne Otene said she would have been at school preparing to reopen on Friday next week when she spoke with RNZ.
Schools are now revisiting their lockdown plans.
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Principals told RNZ the latest Covid-19 cases have reminded them just how important it was to be prepared for a sudden lockdown that forces students and teachers to work from home.
Whangārei s Manaia View School principal Leanne Otene said she would have been at school preparing to reopen on Friday next week when she spoke with RNZ.
Instead she was at home after having a Covid-19 test - it came back negative but she was working from home to be on the safe side.
She said the local case that emerged earlier in the week had prompted the school to look over its resurgence plan for coping with another outbreak of the disease and she expected the case would also renew many families fears about sending their children to school.