Author of the article: Heather Rivers
Publishing date: Apr 19, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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As many of the London area’s 100,000 students return to remote learning this week to help reduce soaring COVID-19 cases, one segment of the school population will still learn in person.
At the London District Catholic and Thames Valley District school boards, dozens of pupils and students with special needs continue to learn in the classroom because they can’t access learning at home, officials said.
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KENORA – Vaccinations for most education workers in the Northwestern Health Unit aren’t expected to begin until June, weeks behind a provincial timeline teachers unions and school boards had already criticized as too slow.
It’s a frustrating situation for unions representing education workers in the region, who say the provincial government’s talk of prioritizing education workers earlier this month hasn’t been backed up with much action.
On April 6, Premier Doug Ford announced education workers would be included in the Phase 2 vaccine priority group, as essential frontline workers who cannot work from home. At the time, the province said vaccinations for that group would begin in mid-May.
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The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says it recognizes that schools need to be safe but points out the Ford government hasn’t fulfilled their promise to do so.
Kim Douglas is the local president of the union and says right now instructors are forced to deal with mixed messaging.
“What we’re feeling is real frustration, particularly by the lack of planning by the Ford Government,” says Douglas, “What we’re finding is that these messages are coming at really poor times, they’re sudden and they’re changing quickly so locally we’re feeling a lot of frustration.”
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The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says it recognizes that schools need to be safe but points out the Ford government hasn’t fulfilled that promise to make schools safe.
Kim Douglas is the local president of the union and says right now instructors are forced to deal with mixed messaging.
“What we’re feeling is real frustration. Particularly by the lack of planning by the Ford government. What we’re finding is these messages are coming at really poor times, and their sudden, and their changing so quickly. So, it’s a lot of frustration that we’re feeling locally.”
Sudden decision to shut down in-person classes prompts mixed reaction in Windsor-Essex
Students in Ontario won t be heading back to class after their spring break this week as the provincial government announced on Monday that it s shutting down in-person learning in schools due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
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Students in Ontario won t be heading back to class after their spring break this week as the provincial government announced on Monday that it s shutting down in-person learning in schools due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.(Bobby Hristova/CBC)