COVID-19 UPDATES

TOWN HALL with Northern Health

A virtual town hall meeting was held on December 3rd to answer questions about Covid-19. You can access the recording here.

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

School District #50 Haida Gwaii is closely monitoring the Global Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. We will provide updates of any developing information on this page.

For parents and guardians, we encourage you to share B.C.’s new dedicated phone service for non-medical information about COVID-19: 1-888-COVID19. Service representatives are available seven days a week from 7:30AM to 8PM, and information is available in more than 110 languages.

Specific public health questions re COVID-19 should be directed to your local health authority for response.

Information from the Ministry of Education and School District #50

August 31, 2021 – SD50 Covid-19 Communicable Disease Prevention
August 25, 2021 – Parent Letter September Return to School Update
August 24, 2021 – Covid-19 Safe School
April 14, 2021 – April School Sector Update
March 31, 2021 – Expanded Mask Mandate
March 09, 2021 – Covid Safe Work Instruction Stage 2 (Current Document)
February 27, 2021 – Covid Safe Work Instruction Stage 2 (For records only)
February 22, 2021 – Letter from Superintendent
February 11, 2021 – Staff Update Enhancement to the Health and Safety Guidelines
February 11, 2021 – Ministry of Health Message for ParentGuardian COVID19 Information Update
January 29, 2021 – SD50 Potential Covid Exposure Jan 2021
December 15, 2020 – Memo – Notification of COVID-19 School Exposures
December 11, 2020 – Townhall Public Questions
September 29, 2020 – Covid Safe Work Instruction Stage 2
September 24, 2020 – Safe & Healthy Schools
September 24, 2020 – BC’s back to school plan
September 24, 2020 – COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 School Settings
September 9, 2020 – Isolation requirements Memo
September 3, 2020 – GidGalang Kuuyas Naay Restart Plan
September 3, 2020 – Agnes L. Mathers Safety Plan
September 3, 2020 – Agnes L. Mathers Restart Letter to Parents
September 1, 2020 – Sk’aadgaa Naay Restart letter to families
September 1, 2020 – Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary Overview of Health and Safety measures
September 1, 2020 – Sk’aadgaa Naay Restart Plan
September 1, 2020 – Port Clements Elementary Safety Plan
September 1, 2020 – Port Clements Elementary Restart Plan
September 1, 2020 – Gudangaay Tlaats’gaa Naay School Plan Health and Safety Measures
September 1, 2020 – Gudangaay Tlaats’gaa Naay School Plan FAQ
September 1, 2020 – Tahayghen Safety Plan
September 1, 2020 – Tahayghen Restart Plan
September 1, 2020 – FAQs Special Board meeting August 28
September 1, 2020 – MOE Operational Guidelines August 28
August 24, 2020 – Provincial COVID 19 Health and Safety Guidelines for K to 12 Settings
August 24, 2020 – Guidance for Families of Immunocompromised Children in School and Gatherings
August 22, 2020 – Superintendent Update

Information posted in 2019 - 2020 school year

June 26, 2020 – Superintendent of Schools Letter to Parents – Guardians
June 25, 2020 – Letter from Minister Rob Fleming and President Andrea Sinclair
June 8, 2020 – Parent Letter Stage 3 June 5 2020
June 8, 2020 – Covid-19 Safe work instruction – Site Operations during a Pandemic
May 28, 2020 – Parent Letter May 28 2020 CMS
May 22, 2020 – SD50 COVID-19 Exposure Control Plan
May 16, 2020 – Ministry of Education News Release
May 7, 2020 – Parents Letter, 7 Weeks In
March 31, 2020 – Public Board meeting on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 ( Has been Postponed )
March 27, 2020 – Staff Notice – RE: Return to work
March 27, 2020 – SD50 Letter Closing Playgrounds Equipment Rooms March 2020
March 26, 2020 – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Continuity of Education
March 24, 2020 – SD50 Letter to Parents March 2020
March 18, 2020 – Update From School District No. 50 Haida Gwaii
March 17, 2020 – Letter From Rob Fleming Minister of Education (Suspending In-Class Instruction)
March 14, 2020 – SD50 Pandemic Response Plan
March 13, 2020 – Letter from the Superintendent of Schools; Mr. Carey Stewart.
March 13, 2020 – Letter from the Deputy Minister of Edcuation

Attention SD50 Parents, Guardians and Students

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Additional sources of information

BC, CDC – FAQ for K-12
Daily news conferences held by the PHO and the Ministry of Health. Click here.
BC Centre for Disease Control is frequently updating COVID-19 Information. Click here.
CBC Kids News – Busting myths about COVID-19. Click here.

Daily Health Check

If you answered “YES” to one of the questions included under ‘Key Symptoms of Illness’ (excluding fever), you should stay home for 24 hours from when the symptom started. If the symptom improves, you may return to school when you feel well enough. If the symptom persists or worsens, seek a health assessment.

If you answered “YES” to two or more of the questions included under ‘Symptoms of Illness’ or you have a fever, seek a health assessment. A health assessment includes calling 8-1-1, or a primary care provider like a physician or nurse practitioner. If a health assessment is required, you should not return to school until COVID-19 has been excluded and your symptoms have improved.

When a COVID-19 test is recommended by the health assessment:

 If the COVID-19 test is positive, you should stay home until you are told by public health to end self-isolation. In most
cases this is 10 days after the onset of symptoms. Public health will contact everyone with a positive test.
 If the COVID-19 test is negative, you can return to school once symptoms have improved and you feel well enough.
Symptoms of common respiratory illnesses can persist for a week or more. Re-testing is not needed unless you

develop a new illness.
 If a COVID-19 test is recommended but is not done because you choose not to have the test, or you do not seek a
health assessment when recommended, and your symptoms are not related to a previously diagnosed health condition, you should stay home from school until 10 days after the onset of symptoms, and then you may return if you are feeling well enough.

If a COVID-19 test is not recommended by the health assessment, you can return to school when symptoms improve and you feel well enough. Testing may not be recommended if the assessment determines that the symptoms are due to another cause (i.e. not COVID-19).

If you answered “YES” to questions 2 or 3, use the COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool to determine if you should seek testing for COVID- 19.

A health-care provider note (i.e. a doctor’s note) should not be required to confirm the health status of any individual.