LONDON, ONT. The 2020-21 school year is not complete yet but the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) and London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) are asking families to decide on a model of learning within the next couple weeks. “We realize that making the decision now may be challenging for some families,” said Mark Fisher, TVDSB Director of Education in a release. “The choice that families make for each child will be a commitment for the full year.” Much like the current school year families will have to decide between in-person learning or full-time remote learning, but as Fisher indicated the decision will be for the full year.
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More than $650 million for school infrastructure upgrades, has been announced by the Ontario and federal governments. The cash will be spent on projects that protect students and staff during the pandemic. Thames Valley District School Board will receive $10,274,000, London District Catholic School Board will receive $6,455,500. The majority of funding will support ventilation projects that improve air quality in classrooms across the province. Some remodeling will be done to make physical distancing easier. Water bottle refilling stations will be installed to improve access to safe drinking water in schools. More money will be invested in broadband to support at-home learning.
LONDON, ONT. School and health officials say classrooms remain safe, even with active COVID-19 cases in 30 London-area schools. According to the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) website, there are currently 26 schools in the region with at least one or more active COVID-19 cases, but only a small fraction have led to outbreaks. Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) Medical Officer of Health Dr. Chris Mackie says the region has not really seen much spread in schools. The vast majority of cases diagnosed in school were acquired at home. We ve seen very little transmission within schools, really only a handful of cases among the tens of thousands of students that have been in school for the last two months, so schools are not a place of high transmission in this area.
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