School will be closed to all students, except those whose parents are listed as “essential service personnel” from 3.10pm Monday 23 March 2020. Those who need supervision please report to the school library at 8.45am Tuesday 24 March 2020. More information to follow.
Following Government announcements this weekend, the Ministry of Education has advised that all drivers over 70 years old along with drivers that have a compromised immune system or have underlying health conditions are to stay at home from Monday 23 March 2020.
This decision has had a significant impact on services operated by Uzabus which has resulted in the following School route and SESTA service cancellations effective from Monday 23 March 2020: https://uzabus.co.nz/important-covid-19-notice-cancelled-school-services/?fbclid=IwAR2c4WieWALf6fxx4GozKRAiUx7owyYporLWcMu3FPXICJ_sYJ4_zkO2RUY.
We appologise for the inconvenience this may cause, this is a rapidly changing situation which we will keep you updated on as developments arise.
Dear Parents/Caregivers
I can now confirm our staff member returned a negative test for COVID-19; which is great news.
The announcement today regarding those over 70 years old and those with pre-existing conditions will place pressure on the College providing a “normal timetable” in the coming days. A number of our relief teachers have also made themselves unavailable.
For that reason, we may have to start rostering home year levels from Tuesday 24 March 2020. Normal timetable will operate on Monday 23 March 2020.
We will confirm this plan as soon as possible.
A reminder that only the Ministry can close the College. While we appreciate your concerns, we cannot close the College at this time.
School transport (message from the Ministry of Education):
"The Ministry has confirmed that we have a number of school bus drivers over 70 years of age and they are working with the bus companies to assess the impacts on school transport. They have asked the bus companies to contact affected schools tomorrow if they have been unable to find replacement drivers."
Yours sincerely,
Gary Yeatman
Principal
Dear Parents/Caregivers
As mentioned on March 21 2020, the announcement regarding those over 70 years old and those with pre-existing conditions will place pressure on the College providing a “normal timetable” in the coming days. A number of our relief teachers have also made themselves unavailable.
For that reason, we will have to start rostering home year levels from Tuesday 24 March 2020. Year 9 will not be rostered home at this time. This plan is for the week beginning Monday 23 March 2020. We will update you about plans for the last two weeks of term during the week.
• Monday 23 March - Normal timetable
• Tuesday 24 March - Year 12 students rostered home
• Wednesday 25 March - Year 11 students rostered home
• Thursday 26 March - Year 10 students rostered home
• Friday 27 March - Year 13 students rostered home
If senior students have work experience / USKILLS on their rostered day off, and it’s still operating, they should attend as usual.
We understand this may be disruptive and apologise for the inconvenience.
Yours sincerely,
Gary Yeatman
Principal
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