The Anglophone South School District Education Council held its monthly meeting on April 14, 2021. (Video capture image)
The Anglophone South School District has dealt with outbreaks at a dozen schools over the course of the pandemic.
The most recent one over the Easter weekend involved Loch Lomond School in east Saint John.
At Wednesday night’s monthly District Education Council meeting, Superintendent Zoe Watson said everyone responded as quickly as they could.
“Certainly would like to commend Principal Greg Norton who, despite being out of town to visit his family for Easter, put his binder in the trunk of his car in case you get a call,” Watson said.
She called the move “very proactive.”
Watson said they were able to inform families Saturday night and Public Health began their work Sunday morning.
Custodians did extra sanitizing on Monday and the school opened the next day as planned after the long weekend.
This outbreak was the first since early February.
Watson said Claire Tooley, the district’s Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator, continues to conduct visits to schools to ensure protocols are followed.
