The French Catholic school board has announced that Collège Notre-Dame will be closed until March 19 to ensure the safety of students and staff after a second case of COVID-19 was detected at the high school.
“At the moment, students are expected to resume their learning at school on Monday, March 22, 2021,” said a letter dated March 6 posted on Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon’s website.
“If this return date should change, the Conseil will inform you of details. To support students in their learning, grade 9 to 12 students from Collège Notre-Dame will be able to pursue their learning at home in a virtual format until their return to the classroom.”
The school board said the second COVID-19 case at Collège Notre-Dame affected the following classes: SBI3UN02, EAE2DN03 and PPL-20N02. The board said students in these classes should self-isolate and receive a COVID-19 test.
More specific information on the COVID-19 situation at the school is available in this letter from Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon.
The Rainbow District School Board is also reporting that a student at Princess Anne Public School has tested positive for COVID-19.
The kindergarten class in room 123 has been directed to self-isolate until March 16. Students in one cohort in the before and after school ELK program are also directed to self-isolate until March 16.
Princess Anne Public School remains open for in-person learning, as do the child care and before and after school programs. There is no evidence of transmission of COVID-19 in the school at this time, the board said.
More information about the Princess Anne COVID-19 case is available in this letter from the Rainbow board.
The Rainbow board also said students at three other schools on several shared bus routes are directed to self-isolate due to COVID-19 exposure. Those bus routes are:
- Sudbury Secondary School - Morning secondary run, route L131, afternoon secondary run, route L810 (self-isolate until March 15); morning secondary run, route L121, afternoon secondary run, route L128 (self-isolate until March 18)
- MacLeod Public School - Morning elementary and afternoon elementary runs of route L200 (self-isolate until March 16)
- R.L. Beattie Public School - Morning elementary run, route L803, afternoon elementary run, route L802, afternoon transfer run, route L802 (self-isolate until March 12)
