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Skeleton staff at Queensland schools to keep COVID out

<p>From Wednesday&comma; 4 August&comma; Queensland Schools will implement new staffing arrangements that maintain the minimum number of staff required onsite to avoid the further spreading of COVID 19 in our schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minister for Education Grace Grace said it was under the advice of the Chief Health Officer that in the 11 local government areas &lpar;LGAs&rpar; in lockdown&comma; the number of people at our schools is minimised to absolute essential needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Queensland has done so well in keeping COVID-19 out of our schools up until now&comma; but the Delta variant is a different situation&comma; and we have to tackle its spread in a different way”&comma; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Principals are working with all of their staff to enable them to make staffing decisions suitable for their school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The number of staff at each school will be based on the number of children in attendance and student learning needs&period; Options such as rotation of which staff are on school sites over the next few days are being considered for implementation&period; Under this arrangement&comma; staff not at schools will be working from home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Chief Health Officer has also asked that students of essential workers or vulnerable children in attendance at schools in the 11 LGAs should be arranged in small groups &lpar;i&period;e&period; 5 to 10&rpar; wherever possible to minimise any potential health risks&period; This is particularly important in high schools&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Student attendance today was 6-7&percnt; across the 11 LGA’s which is a great sign that people are following advice and staying at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Remote learning starts today&period; Our schools are ready for the current stay-at-home advice&period; Our planning and responses to COVID-19 over the past 16 months have put us in a strong position&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thank everyone in our school communities for their hard work&comma; flexibility and cooperation over the last few days&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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