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Molly Brant Elementary School has been selected as one of 20 schools to receive a $5,000 donation to help purchase computers and other tech-based supplies for its students. The funds are part of the Desjardins Tech Donation Program, which began in 2020 as a response to the urgent need for
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Eight schools in the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) have pivoted to remote learning today, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. According to tweets from the school board, the following schools have been required to move to the virtual learning system due to the updated COVID-19 guidelines from KFL&A Public Health which
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Molly Brant Elementary School, located on Lyons Street in the Kingscourt District of Kingston. While there are currently five active cases of COVID-19 within the school – and all within the same class cohort – there
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health and the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) reported one new student case of COVID-19 at Odessa Public School and one new case of COVID-19 at Amherstview Public School on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, along with additional cases at two other schools with
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Just two days ago, COVID-19 cases in local schools accounted for 35 per cent of the caseload in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region; now, those cases have dropped to 23 per cent of the 91 current active cases in the area. This is despite the number of
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COVID-19 cases within Limestone District School Board (LDSB) schools continue to climb this week, with a fourth outbreak declared within the Board at Perth Road Public School. Three outbreaks were declared at LDSB elementary schools last week, first at R.G Sinclair Public School on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 (total of
Read more Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Molly Brant Elementary School. According to KFL&A Public Health, two individuals at the school have tested positive for COVID-19 with an epidemiological link (meaning these students/staff could have become infected with COVID-19 at school, either from
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Yesterday, Wednesday, June 3, 2021, the provincial government announced schools will not be returning to in-person learning before September. As a result of that announcement, Kingston Community Health Centres (KCHC) has intensified their efforts to help eligible students get vaccinated. KCHC is pushing ahead with this agenda in hopes that
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According to the Limestone District School Board, natural gas has been ruled out as the cause of a strong “rotten egg” smell in and around Molly Brant Elementary School on Wednesday, January 22, and classes are continuing as usual. Jane Douglas, Communications Officer for the Limestone District School Board, confirmed
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It was a cold evening where the hot cocoa and apple cider were a must to keep hands warm, but that did stop hundreds from lining the streets of downtown Kingston for the 2019 Nighttime Santa Parade. Presented by the Downtown Kingston! Business Improvement Area (BIA), the parade had over
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A small but determined group of parents and students gathered out front of Molly Brant Elementary School today, voicing concerns about a change that has occurred as a result of the partial withdrawal of CUPE services “I’m sitting outside with signs, asking the principal and School Board to lock the
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When Jennifer Kehoe brought her son home sick from school, she initially thought he was feigning illness. She’d been called to pick him up from Molly Brant Elementary six of the past 12 school days, but his nausea, headache, and sore throat seemed to go away within an hour of
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