Parents face the anxiety and ripple effects of pandemic schooling as COVID-19 cases inch up

Some parents in Ottawa are anxious and frustrated as the number of people at schools testing positive for COVID-19 inches up, huge lineups persist at testing centres and some must stay home with children who have been ordered to self-isolate. Cases at schools inching up The Ottawa Catholic School Board has reported its first cases, affecting three schools. One student each at Holy Cross and Monsignor Paul Baxter elementary schools have COVID-19; two students have tested positive at St. Leonard elementary. French Catholic board requires masks for all on school buses The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est announced that all students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will be required to wear masks when riding yellow buses. Provincial rules only require students from Grades 4 to 12 to wear masks on buses and while indoors at school. Rules around who stays home, who gets tested and when