Chinook School Division plan aims to ensure safe return to school for students and staff

Extra-curricular activities for arts, culture, sport and other special activities will resume this school year. This should be done with optimal spacing and other protocols will also be implemented to keep participants safe. The school division’s intention is that these activities will include travelling to participate in competitions and events.

“They would just have to follow the protocols around the transportation, given that we have masking in busing,” he said. “We would also require it in a school van or on a school bus that would travel from one school to another.”

The new school year will include the continuation of the Chinook Cyber School option to offer a distance learning option to students from grades 1-12. Parents and caregivers need to contact their school principal by Sept. 17 to transfer their students to the Cyber School.

“It’s put in place to ensure that we are doing all we can to support all our families in whatever place they are and ensuring that we can support them academically,” he said.

Benesh emphasized the school division will make adjustments to procedures and protocols where necessary to facilitate a safe learning environment during the school year.

“We’ll continue to review and listen to our local medical health officer and other government sources as we move forward to continue to adjust and do what we can to ensure that we can keep our students and staff safe,” he said.