From the Principal

Sorry for the delay this week in publishing HOTH.

I have included a chart of our daily caseload. The “Interval 3” is a trend line. As you can see we are on a steep increase for daily case numbers. This is expected as we move towards a peak. Currently, we have 23% of students and 18% of staff have had or have COVID.

The numbers and this graph have been the trigger in moving from our Phase 1 now to Phase 2 which is the collapsing and combining of classes. This was a little rocky on Monday but an emergency meeting with the PCs quickly grabbed control again of the situation. 

We have made an effort to reduce the duty areas and next week’s exams will be externally supervised to free staff for TR (instead of exam supervision) and marking.  If the situation gets much worse we have a plan for Phase 3, but we expect to use the strategy that we have now until at least the end of next week.

Thank you so much for stepping up through this difficult time. Please be gentle on yourself. Our priority is just to have teachers in front of students with continuity of learning.