Two schools have stopped in-person classes in B.C., less than two days after most students returned to classrooms following an extended holiday break due to the surging COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Ginger Fuller, secretary-treasurer of the Coast Mountain School District, says officials will meet Wednesday to decide when to reopen Hazelton Secondary School to regular classes after it was closed because of a staff shortage, which was the result of “illness.”
Get breaking National news
The ministry said the independent Bibleway Christian Academy in Surrey has also suspended in-person classes.
No one from the school was immediately available to comment.
Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says local school administration officials, including principals, make decisions about closing in-person classes and moving to temporary online teaching.
- Coquitlam secondary school placed under precautionary lockdown again following threat
- Full week-long closure of Pattullo Bridge and stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge starts Friday
- No injuries or hazmat concerns after train derailment in Delta
- Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
Comments