Algoma District School Board (ADSB) has been advised by Algoma Public Health (APH) that individuals associated with Central Algoma Secondary School (CASS) have tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
At this time, APH is conducting a careful investigation to identify close contacts. Examples of close contacts include household members, people who have been in direct physical contact or belong to the same classroom\/cohort, and people who have spent more than 15 minutes together within 2 metres or 6 feet of each other, such as while sharing a meal. Brief interactions, like walking past someone in a hallway or in the playground are not generally considered close contact situations.<\/p>\n
Families are reminded that if they have not received a letter from APH, their child is not considered a close contact of an individual who tested positive for COVID-19, in which case it is not recommended having their child tested unless they are showing symptoms of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Due to these positive cases, all secondary students at CASS will pivot to remote learning for the week of March 15th through 19th (note: Friday, March 19th is a PD Day). ADSB will communicate further with families by the end of the week to determine any changes to the status of this learning mode. Central Algoma Intermediate (Grade 7-8) and Central Algoma Elementary (JK-6) will continue with in-person\/hybrid learning for the week of March 15th.<\/p>\n
Algoma Public Health has provided CASS families important next steps for the following specific cohorts:<\/p>\n
CASS Grade 9 Cohort:<\/strong> CASS Grade 11\/12 Cohort:<\/strong> Bus 58 Cohort (Thessalon to CASS \/ CASS to Thessalon):<\/strong> In each of these scenarios, it is important that the following steps are followed:<\/p>\n 1. Household members of asymptomatic (no covid-19 symptoms) high risk contacts are required to stay home except for essential reasons. Essential reasons include attending school, work, childcare and essential errands such as groceries and going to the pharmacy. \u2022 Screening children and staff For more information about Covid-19 please visit the APH website by following this link. For further information about CASS and ADSB\u2019s Covid-19 protocols please visit www.adsb.on.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Algoma District School Board (ADSB) has been advised by Algoma Public Health (APH) that individuals associated with Central Algoma Secondary School (CASS) have tested positive for COVID-19. At this time, APH is conducting a careful investigation to identify close contacts. Examples of close contacts include household members, people who have been in direct physical contact …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 18:12:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42878,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42876\/revisions\/42878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 The child must isolate until March 26th, 2021 at midnight. Try to limit interaction with this child in the household as much as possible.
\n\u2022 If you are seeking testing for your child who is asymptomatic APH recommends testing as soon as possible and if negative to repeat testing on or after March 19th, 2021.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The child must isolate until March 19th, 2021 at midnight. Try to limit interaction with this child in the household as much as possible.
\n\u2022 If you are seeking testing for your child who is asymptomatic APH recommends testing as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The child must isolate until March 26th, 2021 at midnight. Try to limit interaction with this child in the household as much as possible.
\n\u2022 If you are seeking testing for your child who is asymptomatic APH recommends testing as soon as possible and if negative to repeat testing on or after March 19th, 2021.
\n\u2022 To arrange testing at the Thessalon COVID-19 Assessment Centre please call 705-356-2265 or 1-888-425-0321 (ext 2662). Online submissions can be submitted by following this link: www.nshn.care\/covid19<\/p>\n
\n2. If your child is symptomatic call Algoma Public Health and seek testing immediately and ALL household members are required to quarantine (stay home).
\nAlgoma District School Board continues to work closely with APH who remind us of important practices to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19, including:<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ill individuals should stay home and seek testing
\n\u2022 Household members of ill individuals must also stay home until there is a negative COVID-19 result
\n\u2022 Cohorting (grouping and separation of) students and staff
\n\u2022 Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces
\n\u2022 Using personal protective equipment when appropriate (e.g., masking, eye protection)
\n\u2022 Proper hand hygiene practices
\n\u2022 Posting signage of appropriate public health measures (e.g., hand hygiene, coughing and sneezing etiquette)
\n\u2022 Abilities and opportunities for children and staff to maintain physical distancing
\n\u2022 Identifying children and staff that may have been in greater contact with individuals who have tested positive
\n\u2022 Requiring that a person who has tested positive, and identified close contacts, not attend the child care centre for a prescribed period of time<\/p>\n