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BSD sticking with in-person learning By: Kyle Darbyson Save to Read Later
While in-person learning remains the norm in the Brandon School Division, acting superintendent Mathew Gustafson said the pieces are in place to make the transition to full-remote learning if need be.
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While in-person learning remains the norm in the Brandon School Division, acting superintendent Mathew Gustafson said the pieces are in place to make the transition to full-remote learning if need be.
During a Monday afternoon conversation with the Sun, Gustafson said that BSD officials have been preparing for this contingency since the fall of 2020, making sure proper staff and resources are waiting in the wings if local COVID-19 cases take a particularly nasty turn.
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Boissevain School is extending remote learning to April 23 after public health officials declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the K-12 institution on Friday.
The school is currently grappling with 10 COVID-19 cases according to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard, and is moving to threat level orange (restricted) as a result.
These 10 COVID cases mark a noticeable jump from the three cases identified at Boissevain School earlier this week.
Turtle Mountain School Division superintendent Tim De Ruyck told the Sun on Monday that he found out about these three COVID cases throughout spring break, and decided to suspend in-person learning at Boissevain School until at least Friday, April 9, as a precaution.
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Boissevain School in Boissevain, Man. As an enhanced measure against the outbreak, the school has moved to an online learning format until April 23. The school has also been moved to the Orange or restricted level on Manitoba’s pandemic response system. According to Tim De Ruyck, superintendent with the Turtle Mountain School Division, the division was made aware of a positive COVID-19 case on March 28. He said in a statement the school division began to contract trace, and in the following days learned of two more positive cases. De Ruyck noted that they informed the staff and students determined to be close contacts.
Brandon Sun By: Kyle Darbyson
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Students of Boissevain School will be learning from home until at least Friday this week after three COVID-19 cases were recently linked to the K-12 institution.
Turtle Mountain School Division Supt. Tim De Ruyck told the Sun on Monday that he was made aware of the first COVID case on March 27, with the remaining two cases coming to his attention over the next couple of days.
Even though in-person classes wouldn’t resume for another week due to spring break, Manitoba Public Health and Manitoba Education told De Ruyck that his best course of action would be to institute remote learning for all Boissevain School students from this Monday until at least Friday.