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While there has been a string of recent COVID-19 cases at the Regina Huda School, the principal doesn’t think classrooms are where the virus has been spread.
Regina Huda School is an associate school of Regina Public Schools and is Muslim faith-based. It has 589 students registered from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12.
There have been nine cases at the school since last week.
But principal Starla Nistor says they aren’t seeing transmission happen within the school.
“Could it occur? Possibly. But other than the family members who have it, we’re not seeing any happening in the classroom. We may have one person that may have COVID but not anybody else in a classroom,” Nistor said.
“We have four cases that occurred within one family. Three of them were announced (that) they had COVID but their sibling had it the week prior. We have two other cases but they happen to be sisters.”
The other three cases that were announced are believed to be isolated.
Like other schools in the city, Regina Huda has created cohorts for students to stay within. Students are also wearing masks and using hand sanitizer. The high school-aged students are all attending classes with adjusted break times so they don’t visit people outside their cohort.
“There’s only a few schools in the city that have a pre-school to Grade 12 but in saying that, I think the diversity is amazing. We have siblings all the way up from pre-school to Grade 12,” Nistor said.
“I think it’s a close-knit community and it creates that sense of community and I think our senior students are excellent at stepping up and supporting our younger students in the school.”
When someone from a cohort receives a positive COVID test, the entire cohort goes into isolation and must complete it before returning to the classroom.
