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Handful of Manitoba school divisions sharing daily absenteeism levels since end to contact tracing
COVID-19.However, one Winnipeg division is doing things differently.Louis Riel School Division superintendent Christian Michalik says after much compiling, they now have an online graph showing student absenteeism rates related to COVID-19 with plans to launch one for staff on Friday.“We think it’s important to provide perspective to allow the community to see a baseline for the year and to better understand the trend going forward,” Michalik told Global News on Thursday. Changes to reporting, COVID-19 response due to ‘dramatic’ change in virus, says Roussin Louis Riel’s dashboard reported an overall 21-per cent student absence rate Thursday, with five per cent related to COVID-19, out of 15,645 students.