Back to School for Local Students

It's back to school time, with students returning to classrooms for a new year.

Dr. Tarmo Poldmaa - Principal of Wawa's Sir James Dunn Public School - explains students should be ready for the return to class.

Dr. Tarmo Poldmaa on What Students Need on 1st Day
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Poldmaa says staff are looking forward to "a normal opening" and a normal year after more than two years impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, noting pandemic-related restrictions - like masking requirements - have been lifted.

Dr. Tarmo Poldmaa on Pandemic-Related Rules
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Chapleau Elementary and Second School Vice Principal Lisi Bernier says elementary students start in class today.

Lisi Bernier on Return to School for CESS Elementary Students
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Bernier also notes the breakfast club will return in the future, but that isn't available today, as secondary students will be in the cafeteria.

Lisi Bernier on Return to School for CESS Secondary Students
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Bernier says secondary students will then find their first period class, with a normal schedule the rest of the week.