The following is an email sent by Clearview Public Schools today at 4:42pm published at 4:49pm.
Since June, Clearview has been working diligently on a plan for the potential of a case of COVID-19 in our schools.
An individual in Clearview has tested positive for COVID-19, impacting students and staff at Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary School, Stettler Elementary School, and Erskine School.
Please note that our division will follow the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and information regarding specific individuals will not be made public.
In collaboration with Alberta Health Services, we will be contacting only those parents/guardians of students and staff who have been in close contact with the individual who tested positive for COVID-19. School administrators will be phoning those impacted and following up with a formal letter with details about quarantine expectations. If you have not been contacted by 7:00 pm Sunday, November 22, your child has not had close contact with this individual and therefore is not at an increased risk from COVID-19.
As part of our advanced planning, we were prepared to respond to this situation. Our school remains open to in-person learning and we are working closely with Alberta Health Services to ensure necessary measures are in place to protect all students and staff. This includes cleaning and disinfecting all items touched by the individual and removing items that cannot be cleaned or disinfected, such as paper, books, etc. Our maintenance/custodial team have already enacted all cleaning protocols as directed by Alberta Environmental Public Health.
We remind all parents/guardians to continue to closely monitor your children for any signs or symptoms of COVID-19. The Alberta Health daily checklist can be found here. Please remember to complete the checklist each day prior to attending school and/or getting on the school bus. As a reminder, if you/your child has any of the symptoms of illness listed on the Alberta Health daily checklist, please fill out the online Alberta Health Services COVID-19 self-assessment or call Health Link at 811 and stay home/keep your child at home.
While this is a challenging time, we continue to trust that we can lean on one another for support and companionship. We are in this together and will be sending updates to families as information becomes available.
If you have any immediate questions, please also see Clearview’s on-line information for parents at https://www.clearview.ab.ca/COVID-19Parents.php or you may contact your school on Monday.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding.
Clearview Public Schools