Virden Collegiate goes remote
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 14/04/2021 (1988 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Students at Virden Collegiate Institute will be learning from home until at least April 23 after public health officials confirmed that a student had recently tested positive for COVID-19.
In a Monday letter addressed to parents and students, VCI principal Mark Keown stated that the student in question may have been infectious when they attended in-person classes on April 8.
In response to this positive case, Keown and members of the Fort La Bosse School Division decided to initially cancel in-person classes at the Grade 9-12 institution on Monday and Tuesday.
However, FLBSD Supt. Barry Pitz told the Sun on Tuesday afternoon that the division decided to extend this period of remote learning to April 23 out of an abundance of caution.
“We’re doing remote learning for two weeks and then we can get back on track, hopefully,” he said over the phone.
According to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard, this one case at VCI has been identified as a variant of concern.
Around this same time, the Swan Valley School Division informed parents on Monday that several cases of COVID-19 were discovered in Taylor Elementary School the previous week.
Because of this, SVSD officials shuttered in-person learning at the school on Tuesday, with the expectation that students will return to classes today.
In total, Taylor Elementary School has three COVID cases, according to the province’s COVID-19 dashboard.
Elsewhere in the region, Boissevain School is also suspending in-person classes until April 23 after public health officials declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the K-12 institution last Friday.
According to the province, Boissevain School currently has 13 cases of the virus, which represents a significant jump over the three cases identified at the school earlier that week.
Public health officials have also identified one COVID case at Melita School in the Southwest Horizon School Division.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the province identified 133 current COVID cases in Manitoba schools for the 14 days prior to April 13, including 21 variants of concern.
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