Multiple cases of COVID-19, including two variant of concern cases, have numerous classes around the Good Spirit School Division switching to remote learning.
Grade 9 to 12 at the Yorkton Regional High School, the daycare and kindergarten class at the Dr. Brass School, all students in Grades 8C and 8DM, and Pre-kindergarten to Grade 6 at the Davidson School in Melville will all be moving to remote learning.
All classes are tentatively scheduled to resume face-to-face learning next week on March 23, with the daycare at the Dr. Brass School scheduled for March 25.
Quinton Robertson, Director of Education and CEO of the Good Spirit School Division, said that both the Yorkton Regional High School and the Davidson School had a variant of concern.
"The Yorkton Regional High School had 17 classes impacted just because of the crossover of individuals due to the semester switch, and there was a large number of potential close contact or contacts that would have come in contact with the variant, and we've notified that it is potentially more contagious or more transmittable, so we aired on the side of caution. In regards to Davidson, (it was) another situation where a large number of individuals came into contact with the individual who was infectious with the variant."
Robertson added that they are being very cautious with the two incidents involving the variant as it is something they, nor the health authority in Yorkton, are familiar with.
The schools join a Grade 7 class in Esterhazy, which is set to return to face-to-face this week, Victoria School in Kamsack, and Grades 5 to 7 in Yorkdale, which will return to face-to-face learning next week.Ìý
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