COVID-19 Advisory

Parents, students and staff have an understandable interest in knowing when a COVID-19 positive case has been identified in their school.

St. Clair Catholic has created COVID-19 advisory web pages on the Board and school websites, where information will be posted in the event there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 that involves a student or staff member. In the event of a confirmed case, and at the direction of the public health unit, a letter would be distributed to the school community via the school principal from the Medical Officer of Health with the support of the Supervisor – Communications.

Students or staff members may withdraw from school if a family or household member has a confirmed case of COVID-19; however, information will not be posted in these instances. In the interests of privacy, information provided to school communities will not identify the student or staff member who has received a positive COVID-19 test.

If public health advises that a class, cohort or a school should be closed for a period of time, parents, students and staff will be notified immediately. Notice of any closures of classes, cohorts or schools will be posted to the Board and school web pages.

Schools and school boards will not be reporting COVID-19 case data during the provincially mandated remote learning period (the chart below will only be updated to remove resolved COVID-19 cases that were​ reported prior to the April 12-16 break, which was the beginning of the remote learning period).  In the event of a confirmed case of COVID-19, Public Health will contact any individuals (students and staff) who may have been in potential contact with the virus. If you have not been contacted by Public Health, you have not been in close contact with a confirmed case. 

For up-to-date community information, visit the Chatham-Kent Public Health and Lambton Public Health websites.