The head of the Border Land School Division (BLSD) board of trustees says he has mixed feelings about the province's delayed release of its planned K-12 education review.

Citing the COVID-19 outbreak, Education minister Kelvin Goertzen said Wednesday the results of the review and any corresponding changes now wouldn't come out until summer 2021 at the earliest.

"I would really have liked to have seen what was in it but I can also understand at the present time why they're not doing it, I think the government has its hand full at the moment and I don't think they need to create any other issues at the moment," said Board Chair Craig Smiley.

He notes, however, the delay won't impact the board's decisions moving forward, adding every move has been and will continue to be about what is best for the kids.

Meantime, there's been a flurry of activity in Manitoba school divisions ever since Minister Goertzen announced last week that the province's public schools would be closed for three weeks in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Smiley says the division's staff have been hard at work preparing for the break.

"Our senior admin team has been running extremely hard trying to get everything prepared and getting the staff set up for what they're supposed to do during the break," he explained. "All of our teachers have been trying to get kids' homework together. It's been a pretty tough couple of days here and I have to commend all of our staff, they have done a fantastic job."

As far as he knows, Smiley says the extended break won't have an impact on provincial exams set to be written later this semester.