Wellington Catholic District School Board

WELLINGTON COUNTY – With the start of school year less than a week away, local school boards and community organizations are working to ensure mental health is at the fore front for students and families as they return to school.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – School boards in the county have released their back-to-school report for the 2021-22 school year detailing the boards’ updated COVID-19 measures as students and parents prepare for another return to classrooms in the pandemic.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – While local school board officials are supportive of the province's new vaccination policy, some teachers’ unions are frustrated by the short notice.

TORONTO - The province will require high-risk settings and organizations to implement an immunization policy meeting the province's minimum requirements by Sept. 7.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Fear of a Delta-driven fourth wave looms over a return to Wellington County classrooms this fall as public health officials double down on a “call to arms.”

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Officials with the Upper Grand District School Board and Wellington Catholic District School Board say not much has changed in the new COVID-19 return-to-school guidelines released by the province.

THORNHILL – Provincial education minister Stephen Lecce was joined by the province’s top doctor Kieran Moore and others for an Aug. 4 to announce funding for ventilation improvements in schools and to update back-to-school guidance.

GUELPH – The Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) has announced it will continue its School Resource Officer (SRO) program in the upcoming school year.

GUELPH – In support of the LGBTQ2+ community, Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) will raise the Pride flag for the first time during the month of June.

ROCKWOOD - The Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) and the County of Wellington have been awarded funds to construct a licensed child care centre and an EarlyON Child and Family Centre at Sacred Heart Catholic School here.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nine days after returning to class, 12 schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including two in Wellington County, are reporting student COVID-19 cases.