Local Teachers Unions Unhappy With Decision To Delay March Break
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Ontario’s decision to delay March break is not sitting well with local teacher’s unions.
Last week, the province announced it would be pushing the break back until the week of April 12-16 in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
That means students will take their week off, just four days after the Easter long weekend.
President of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Upper Canada Local, Erin Blair feels the decision was ill timed for a wide range of reasons.
“It would be much better to have a clean break, a week off, off the grid, families interacting together, not in front of a computer, just some downtime to recharge their batteries, so they can come back and be reinvigorated,” Blair said. “But without a March break, that fatigue is going to grow and grow.”