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There is no school for students on Monday October 26, this is the day of the Provincial election. Our school gym is being used as a polling station however the voters will enter through the foyer directly into the gym. They will not be in any other part of our school building. The staff will be participating in professional development in the main school building. The gymnasium and the gymnasium washrooms will be disinfected following the election in addition to the regular school-wide daily disinfection, prior to the students returning to school on Tuesday, October 27.

Did you notice several workmen on our roof yesterday? They were tradespeople who were at our school beginning the installation of our new air purification system! We are so excited and we know how important this initiative is to our community. Regina Public Schools is investing in new purification systems for every school and building. New filter technology will begin to be added to ventilation systems to complement the increased air flow. Phase one deployment of our ionization units has now been completed!

Regina Public Schools is working hard to keep all our students safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We have already had several schools that have had students or staff who have had tested positive for COVID-19. These cases impact schools, classrooms and school bus transportation.

On the Evening of October 14^th, Saskatchewan Health Authority informed Regina Public Schools that there were two student cases of COVID-19 at Ethel Milliken School. The cases were in two different classrooms.

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Families with sick students are asked to follow these guidelines:

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 -- Before school, check for symptoms. If not feeling well, stay home and call 811. Use the SHA online self-assessment tool. Please contact school if student will be away.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 -- With the fall weather moving Canadians indoors, it's important that all tools be used to fight the spread of COVID-19. Health Canada has requested that we share information about the COVID-19 alert app for all of our school families and staff. Please consider downloading this app.

To view the Health Canada poster, please CLICK HERE.

As we proceed into the school year, we are refining our school-based procedures, including how we release students at the end of the school day. Although we initially communicated that we required parent permission to release students at 3:22 p.m., this is no longer the case.

Education is important but the health and safety of our students and staff is most important! Please, do not send your students to school if they are sick. See the image for more information. If children are sick at school, they will be monitored in the isolation room and parents/guardians will be contacted to pick them up immediately. Please keep children at home until all symptoms are cleared up!

Thank you for helping to keep our school and community safe!