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The next meeting of the Board of Trustees (Committee of the Whole) is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. — Monday, January 10, 2021. The meeting will be streamed live due to current pandemic restrictions on public gatherings. Agenda: Committee of the Whole VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/kO0M1P18C2Q Other Information: General Information About WCDSB Board Meetings Information About the Board of Trustees (Agenda files can be large. If you are experiencing issues downloading a file, right click on

During the school closure, the WCDSB staff working in schools to support the ongoing learning of students with high needs - and who have school age children of their own - may be eligible for Emergency Child Care for school age children. Below is the link to more information and the application. Board staff who may be eligible should apply as soon as possible, as there are limited spaces available that will fill up

Earlier today -- responding to recent trends that show an alarming increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations -- the Ontario government announced that, starting January 5, 2022, students will switch from in-person learning to remote learning. Ontario News Release The switch to remote learning will be in place until at least January 17, 2022. School administrators will reach out to students with Special Education needs who cannot be accommodated through remote learning. These students will be invited

We know how critical in-person learning is to the mental health, well-being, and academic success of Ontario students. As we meet the challenge presented by the Omicron variant, we are building upon Ontario’s cautious and leading plan to protect in-person learning. Ontario students and children have benefitted from continuous efforts to keep schools and child care settings safer, including high quality masks, enhanced cleaning, and improvements in air ventilation in every school – with more

Dear Waterloo Catholic Community – I hope that you have enjoyed a pleasant, restful and healthy Christmas season with your family.  While generally a time of celebration and joy, it has been a time of concern for many due to the increase in COVID-19 cases that we have been witness to in our communities and reported in the media. The omicron variant has become the dominant strain of COVID with unprecedented speed and we

Dear Parents / Guardians and School Staff: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise and Omicron spreads rapidly because of high transmissibility, Public Health Units (PHUs) are shifting focus from case management and contact tracing to vaccination. Case and contact management across the province will be shifting from an individual case and contact management to limiting spread in highest risk settings and protecting the vulnerable. Case management will be completed in accordance with the Ministry of

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Dear Waterloo Catholic Community – As I write this letter we sit on the cusp of our Christmas break and perhaps more than ever, we can all appreciate the need for a pause.  If I am to be honest, we are not heading into the break as optimistically as we were even just a week or two ago.  The situation has changed fairly rapidly and so we have a few things of which to take