Albury schools say they were anticipating the current regional NSW lockdown and were more prepared than last time, but they are still concerned for student learning and wellbeing.
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The current state snap lockdown introduced on Saturday means only students of essential workers can attend school face to face, while all other students are again contending with online learning from home.
The Scots School principal Mark Geraets said the school had been expecting a lockdown announcement since the beginning of the term.
"We saw the writing on the wall, so we're very prepared for this," he said.
"We were constantly saying to our staff and our students 'be ready, be prepared, it's more a matter of when, than if'.
"So when this did happen on Saturday and I reached out to the community and students there was not a great surprise at all.
"We had a number of meetings last week with leadership executives and teachers, just setting up programs to make sure we were ready."
Similarly, Xavier High School principal Gavin Dykes and Trinity Anglican College principal Justin Beckett said they'd seen the restrictions coming.
Mr Beckett said Trinity had asked students to take their books home on Friday.
"That was just because we had a hunch," he said.
"We just thought it could happen, let's be ready and I'm glad we did."
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Mr Dykes said the lockdown seemed inevitable and Xavier had held meetings last week to plan for this outcome.
"It's a very sombre mood, I don't think there's any excitement," he said.
"If it goes longer [than a week] then we'll definitely have to manage some of those wellbeing issues for students and staff and families."
Mr Dykes said Xavier had a small number of families without technology access who would need support to learn from home, but this week's priority was on student wellbeing.
"We'll be needing to do some academic work, but I think the big learnings from last year was the big impact on our students.
"That's something we're really trying to be mindful of even though it's only a week."
Trinity and Xavier finished year 12 trial exams last week, but Scots was due to begin them today.
Mr Geraets said they would be postponed.
"It gives our students that little bit of extra time to prepare which is great," he said.
"Should this go beyond a two week lockdown then we have a number of options that we're looking at around online testing."
Mr Geraets said three Sydney or internationally based boarding students at the school who couldn't go home had been placed with Scots families to stay for the week.
The Border Mail contacted the NSW Department of Education for comment, but they did not respond by deadline.
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