Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to In-person Learning
Over 100,000 students from several regions across southern Ontario returned to school on Monday for the first time since winter break. But they will have to follow stricter COVID-19 measures to keep themselves and school staff safe, according to the province’s education minister, Stephen Lecce.
In a statement released on Sunday, Lecce told schools in seven public health units that will reopen for in-person classes on Jan. 25, that the province has introduced “additional and tougher layers of protection” in its safety measures and protocols to keep students and staff safe, as advised by the province’s chief medical officer, Dr. David Williams.
100,000-plus Ontario students outside the GTHA return to in-person learning
by News Staff and The Canadian Press
Posted Jan 24, 2021 4:38 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 25, 2021 at 6:00 am EDT
An empty classroom inside Toronto s Kensington Community School
More than 100,000 students from regions outside the GTHA headed back into the classroom on Monday.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced last week that the province’s Chief Medical Officer had cleared the way for in-person learning to resume across seven public health units including Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, and Peterborough Public Health.
In a statement released Sunday, Lecce reaffirmed that the province’s goal continues to be keeping students and staff safe. He added that “tougher layers of protection” have been introduced, such as targeted asymptomatic testing, enhanced screening, mandatory masking for students in Grades 1-3 and outdoors where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
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