Reopening Plan for Nunavut schools: Health and Safety Considerations

as of July 3, 2020

On June 22, the CPHO announced that Nunavut schools could reopen as usual for the 2020-21 school year. The table below
summarizes the status of schools based on the impact of COVID-19 in the territory or in a specific community (or communities in
which contact tracing has identified potential contacts).
COVID-19 in Nunavut – Stages of impact
STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

STAGE 4

No COVID-19 in
the Region

Escalated Risk of COVID-19
Transmission in the Region

Isolated COVID-19
in the Community

Community Transmission
of COVID-19

Least restrictive
learning environment

Increased restrictions to in-school and
land-based learning environments

Recovery-based restrictions to the
in-school learning environment

Complete closure of in-school and
land-based learning environments

Considerations

No COVID in the
community, and no
contact tracing to the
community

No COVID in the community, but contact
tracing identifies potential contact
between community members and a
COVID case in another community

When a community is in recovery from
one or more COVID cases

COVID in community

Health and safety
concerns

Enhanced cleaning
Limited physical contact
Physical distancing is
not necessary
Limited group activities,
including sports,
assemblies, phys ed
classes, etc.
Bus schedules as usual

Enhanced cleaning
No physical contact, or physical
distancing (1 metre) for middle and high
school students at discretion of CPHO
Gatherings subject to enacted
public health orders
Limited group activities
Limited eating in common areas and
no sharing food
Staggered bus schedules

Enhanced cleaning
No physical contact
Strict physical distancing (2 metres) for
all students
Limited gatherings subject to enacted
public health orders
No group activities
No eating in common areas and
no sharing food
Food programs are reduced, adapted,
or eliminated
Staggered bus schedules

Initial outbreak: All non-critical services
are closed, including schools, for a
minimum of 14 days. Reopening
dependent on CPHO instruction

School staff

All school staff report to
school

All school staff report to school with
physical distancing (1 metre)
Some remote instruction initiated for
middle and high school students
Regular check-ins with middle and high
school students

All school staff report to school with
strict physical distancing (2 metres)
Some remote instruction initiated for all
students
Regular check-ins with all students

No school staff report to school
(principals may do building checks)
Remote instruction initiated for all
students
Regular check-ins with students

Density

K-12: 100%

Elementary: 100%
Middle and high school: 40-60% with
staggered schedules to reduce student
interaction

Elementary: 60%
Middle and high school: 40% with
staggered schedules to reduce student
interaction

None

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 In-class
Instruction

K-12: 5 days/week

Elementary: 5 days/week
Middle and high school: 2-3 days/week

Elementary: 3 days/week
Middle and high school: 2 days/week

None

Blended or
remote
instruction

n/a

Blended instruction

Blended instruction

Remote instruction

What does
learning look
like?

Classroom and landbased instruction

Learning packages for middle and high
school to supplement in-school
instruction
Use of supplemental learning tools for
middle and high school
Enhanced land-based instruction
(optional third day of land-based
instruction for middle and high school)

Learning packages for K-12 to
supplement in-school instruction
Use of supplemental learning tools for
middle and high school
Enhanced land-based instruction
(optional third day of land-based
instruction for middle and high school)

Learning packages for K-12 to reinforce
previous in-school instruction
Use of supplemental learning tools for
check-ins and to support students
No land-based instruction

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