The Ontario government announced Thursday that it will be pushing back March Break by one month to keep students in the classroom and prevent further spread of more transmissible COVID-19 variants circulating in the community.
Students and teachers in Ontario will get their March Break in April as Canada’s largest province is seeking ways to limit community transmissions of COVID-19 and its new more contagious variants. The week-long break, which was originally scheduled for March 15-19, will now take place on the week of April 12th, Ontario’s Education Minister, Stephen…
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Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s decision Thursday to postpone March break to April 12 received a mixed response online from North Bay parents.
But the province’s largest teachers’ union, the association representing public school boards and the Opposition New Democrats had all asked for the break to go ahead as planned, saying families, students and teachers need it.
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Lecce called postponing the break – a decision based on the advice of the province’s chief medical officer – an important way schools can help limit community transmission.
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Posted: Jan 27, 2021 8:53 AM ET | Last Updated: January 27
A sign on the door of St. David s School in Sudbury s Donovan neighbourhood warns that it has been closed until Jan. 29 due to an outbreak of COVID-19. (Erik White/CBC )