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SvennoJ on 11 September 2020
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Update for Canada and the struggle with back to school

A steady increase nation wide since the last re-openings. Cases aren't as high yet as before and the average age of infections is far lower than before, the more at risk people are still in hiding. However schools had to close early March when detected cases were far lower than they are currently, plus Doug Ford said at some point that he would like to be under 100 daily cases for schools to resume. Today added 213 cases to Ontario.

The latest news on online learning is, perhaps sometimes during the next week we'll get more information... But if you happen to still have your username and password from before the holidays you can attempt to log in to Bright space to re-familiarize yourself with it.

We know you are anxiously awaiting the start of our Grand Erie K-12 Virtual Academy. Many of you have questions about online learning, the availability of technology, and when your children can expect to begin their school year. As the letter shared last week said, it is our intention to have the Virtual Academy up and running before the end of next week (September 14 –18). We understand this isn’t as specific as anyone would like, and we apologize for that. We are currently in the process of staffing the Virtual Academy and will provide more details to you once that process is complete.

Erm the school year started on Tuesday, good job... The kids are happy, still on March break....

Schools have started for those who want to risk the full class rooms. 4 class rooms are and will remain empty in our school since they put all the students together to save on teachers. It's A-M one day, N-Z last names next day to start off, which actually created a class with only one student one day and all the others the next day. The incompetence has no end. It should be full attendance from next Wednesday. However one school has already closed again due to detecting cases and school buses are being cancelled left and right since the drivers don't feel it's safe. There is currently a CAD 5000 signing bonus to drive a school bus (if you have the correct license)

Total clusterfuck!