COVID-19 Fall 2021 Updates

COVID-19 Fall 2021 Updates

August 31/2021
With the safety of students and staff at the forefront, we have followed provincial direction and school feedback to shape how the new school year looks with regards to COVID-19 at Inner City High School.  Although the situation with COVID-19 is fluid, we expect the following basic safety procedures and preventions to be adhered to. These include:

• asking all visitors to the school a health questionnaire,

• encouraging hand washing.

• providing hand sanitizer.

• maintaining enhanced cleaning and disinfecting routines throughout the school.

• asking all students and staff to monitor their health and isolate if symptoms present.

• mask wearing is currently optional but may be required based on circumstances and situational developments around public health measures.

• encouraging physical distancing, where possible.

• maintaining enhanced cleaning and disinfecting routines throughout the school.

• encouraging COVID-19 vaccination.

To support these efforts, a digital sign is now located next to the elevator on the school’s main floor. All visitors will be presented with up-to-date information on our COVID-19 status upon their arrival.

We based these measures on what is known about COVID-19 right now, including information about the highly-transmissible variants of concern. At any point during the school year, the province could change the required health measures for schools across Alberta, schools in a particular region, or individual schools and classrooms. We will revisit these measures throughout the year as required.

Thanks to all in our school community for actively working to curb the spread of coronavirus. Your diligence keeps us all healthy.

October 7/2021

Following a request by the Alberta government to all independent school boards, our Board has approved a new policy that all staff and all adult visitors to our school must be vaccinated or show a negative test result taken within 72 hours to gain access to the facility.

Staff have until Oct 12/2021 to provide vaccination documentation. All adult visitors will be asked to provide vaccination or testing status upon school entry.