Dear Saltcoats School Families,
Additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified in individuals connected to Saltcoats School. Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) has made the decision, with the support from Public Health, to move to remote instruction for all Kindergarten to Grade 8 students.
To provide time for staff to prepare for remote learning, all classes will be cancelled on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Mandatory remote instruction will occur for the Kindergarten to Grade 8 students beginning on Thursday, October 14, 2021, to Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Tentative face-to face instruction will resume on Thursday, October 21, 2021.
GSSD will have a review meeting with Saltcoats School Administration and Public Health on Wednesday, October 20, 2021; further communication will be provided at the end of the day on Wednesday.
If your child is a close contact to the case, a letter for the class will be forthcoming from Public Health. All students and staff who have been deemed a close contact to the confirmed cases must follow Public Health directives.
The SHA would like our help with continuing to do our part in stopping the spread of COVID-19 by following Provincial regulations and encouraging all students and staff to remain at home when showing the slightest symptom of COVID-19. Public Health would like to remind everyone that a positive self-testing result MUST be confirmed through a PCR test with Public Health. There is a drive-through testing site available at 276 Myrtle Avenue in Yorkton; it is open every day from 8:30 am to 3:45 pm.
Once again, this decision was made with good intentions in mind…to keep students and staff safe and healthy.
Sincerely,
Quintin Robertson
Director of Education/CEO
Good Spirit School Division No. 204