With no end in sight to the college faculty strike, St. Clair College has updated its contingency plan for students.
In an emailed statement Tuesday, the college says it is extending its "drop date" for withdrawing from classes without penalty.
"The drop date is where someone were to drop a class and not be penalized academically for it, that they wouldn't get an F or something that would hurt their grade average on their transcript," says John Fairley, vice president of communications. "What we thought of doing, because we're coming up to the November 14th date that is prudent, to us, to extend that date, given that it's very fluid what is happening. Something could change, but we felt we'd be more comfortable with not putting it so close to everything going on, as quickly as it's moving right now."
The college says the winter break will be from December 25 to January 1. The college will be open on December 27-30 to access services like tutoring, the library, and open computer labs.
Fairley says exams will be scheduled in January but an actual week has yet to be determined.
The college says the January semester will be delayed accordingly but the total semester duration will be 14 weeks, including the March Break. Fairley says the March Break from March 12 to March 16 will continue as planned, with the exception of the Collaborative Nursing program, which is scheduled for February 19 to February 23.