{"id":20484,"date":"2021-03-26T05:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=20484"},"modified":"2021-03-26T05:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:30:32","slug":"education-department-focused-on-graduation-planning-dr-strang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=20484","title":{"rendered":"Education department focused on graduation planning: Dr. Strang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER:<\/strong> The Chief Medical Officer of Health for N.S. says that conversations are ongoing with the provincial Department of Education regarding graduation ceremonies this coming June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the COVID19 briefing on March 23, The Laker News asked Dr. Robert Strang with it getting to the eleventh hour, and the fact it takes time to arrange and plan a graduation, what the delay was in informing parents and school admin what they can and can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he has had discussions with his colleagues in the education department for the last couple of weeks on what graduations could look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTheir focus is going to be on graduations, on honouring students educational achievement, and doing that in a way that they know they have to plan,\u201d said Dr. Strang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he doesn\u2019t have a crystal ball and couldn\u2019t say what the epidemiology would allow for restrictions in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t give you any certainty about where we\u2019re going to be at in terms of gathering limits and all the other COVID protocols when it comes to late May and June graduations,\u201d said Dr. Strang. \u201cThe education system is doing contingency planning and they\u2019re going to focus on graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for proms, that\u2019s being left to the community and parents to look after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTheir position, and it\u2019s one that I support, is they will leave that for families and communities,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf they want to have some form of a prom that celebrates these young people, but again it will have to be done in a way that follows the gathering limits and other COVID protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;121&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>VIDEO (editing by Dagley Media)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Healey from The Laker News on the NS COVID-19 Update (03-23-2021)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PsIM4LlTvP0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Strang said he understands people&#8217;s emotions at not having a clear answer on what can or can\u2019t be done, but it\u2019s just the way it is with the pandemic ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI get the frustration, but there\u2019s lots of other groups that would love to be able to plan,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the reality of being in a pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Medium to long-term certainty is not something we can provide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] FALL RIVER: The Chief Medical Officer of Health for N.S. says that conversations are ongoing with the provincial Department of Education regarding graduation ceremonies this coming June. 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