The Simcoe County District School Board has announced a staggered start to the beginning of the school year.
The Simcoe-Muskoka Catholic District School Board is taking a similar approach.
Elementary students will return to school based on surnames, while secondary students will go back to class based on grade, starting September 8th.
Online learning will begin on September 21st.
It says the pre-registration survey shows that the majority of students will be back in the classroom, while about 15 per cent will be staying home for remote learning.
The SCDSB will be implementing the following plan for our students who will be returning to inschool learning in September:
Elementary (Kindergarten to Grade 8):
• Students with surnames A-G will attend Tuesday, September 8, 2020
• Students with surnames H-O will join students with the surnames A-G in attending Wednesday, September 9, 2020
• All elementary students will attend Thursday, September 10, 2020
• Junior Kindergarten students will begin attendance on Thursday, September 10, 2020 as
previously planned and communicated with parents/guardians
Secondary (Grades 9 to 12):
• Grade 9 students will attend Tuesday, September 8, 2020
• Grade 10 students will join Grade 9 students in attending Wednesday, September 9, 2020
• All secondary students will attend Thursday, September 10, 2020
Grade 7 and 8 students attending Elmvale District High School and Stayner Collegiate Institute
will stagger entry based on the elementary school framework outlined above.
All students in county class programs (social skills, developmental skills, life skills and autism
spectrum disorder) will begin on Tuesday, September 8, and will attend every day.
The staggered entry plan for elementary students ensures that families are able to send all
children in their household to school on the same day. Our secondary school plan provides our
Grade 9 students with a day for orientation, followed by a gradual increase to the school
population.
Please note that all students, Kindergarten to Grade 12, who are participating in the remote
learning program, will be contacted by their teacher in the first two weeks of school and classes
will begin on Monday, September 21.
For a look at the complete back-to-school plan, please click here.