Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) director of education Mark Fisher said the start of the 2020-2021 school year will be “staggered” over an era of up to two weeks for elementary school students as a component of the new school year. plans in reaction to the new coronavirus pandemic.
In two tweets posted shortly after four o’clock in the afternoon. On Thursday, Fisher said he “will give more time to be informed about new school routines in smaller groups. “
“Parents and guardians deserve to be prepared to make other childcare arrangements for the first two weeks. Schedules will be sent as soon as possible. “
#TVDSB provide an amazing front for elementary school students in person, up to a two-week era for back to school. This will give you more time to stay informed about new school routines in smaller groups. (1/2)
– Mark Fisher (@DirFisherTVDSB) August 20, 2020
In statements to The Afternoon Show with Jess Brady on Friday afternoon, Fisher told Global News that the phase will allow everyone to overlook all new fitness and protection protocols in small groups.
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“I think the categories will most likely be divided into halves or three and continue for a few days, go through all the fitness and protection protocols with their teachers, and then they can be on leave for a few days and the other part or the other third would come in,” Fisher said.
“Then we would gradually raise the numbers, and then (at) some point in the two week period, we would go back to having all the academics come back face to face. This would take place at every school in the district.
The changes to consider, Fisher explained, come with staggered lunch and recreation schedules, other protocols for entrances and exits, use of protective equipment, regulations related to bathroom occupancy, etc.
Fisher added that it is fluid and that “they have to make a lot of paintings in a very short time. “
“Participation parameters are replaced on a basis. I just got an email from the Department of Education about five minutes ago and they need to have a teleconference with me today at five o’clock in the afternoon and I’m sure the parameters we’ll have to incorporate will be converted again. “
Earlier this week, the deadline for parents and guardians to check whether their children would be informed remotely or at the user closed on Tuesday. On August 17, the day before the deadline, the board said it had won responses from 78% of its students. with only 13% it was shown full-time online to be informed at home.
Outside the London, Ontario area, other school forums in the province have also recently announced plans for a staggered start to the school year.
In Gray and Bruce counties, the Bluewater District School Board provided a chart describing what staggered exits would look like for elementary and high schools. In the Peterborough area, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board announced Tuesday that it will put into effect one that began the first week of the school year.
The Toronto District School Board on Thursday presented an update describing its plans to return to school after the Ontario government rejected an earlier proposal. The Toronto students’ school year is scheduled to begin on September 15 and the years will begin in a few days.
– With Greg Davis and Nick Westoll of Global News.