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KITCHENER Families of Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) students will soon have to decide between in-person or virtual learning for the next school year. Mataya Mondey, a grade 11 student at Glenview Park Secondary School says she once imagined her senior year in high school would be a time she would never forget, but now she’s having second thoughts. “Once I graduate, there’s nothing,” she said. “It’s not special anymore, there’s no memories.” Mondey was notified by WRDSB on April 26 that she had to decide her mode of learning for the next school year by 4 p.m. on Monday.
KITCHENER Voluntary, asymptomatic testing for students will be held at public and Catholic schools in Waterloo Region this weekend. There will be a clinic at Monsignor Doyle Catholic School on Saturday and one at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School on Sunday. The WCDSB will offer testing for students at Monsignor Doyle CSS, St. Gregory CES, St. Vincent de Paul CES and Holy Spirit CES. The Waterloo Region District School Board said testing will be available for Glenview Park Secondary School, Moffat Creek PS, Chalmers Street PS, Stewart Avenue PS, St Andrew s PS and Central PS on Saturday. On Sunday, students at Jacob Hespeler Secondary School, Silverheights PS, Hillcrest PS, Woodland Park PS, Hespeler PS, Centennial PS, Saginaw PS and Clemens Mill PS will be eligible for testing.