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Educators are growing concerned about the impact of a hybrid remote and in-class learning approach for high-school students as early reports from several parts of the country suggest a drop in academic performance.
High-school education has shifted dramatically this academic year, involving less classroom time as students stay home and learn remotely and, in many cases, have to complete course material over a fewer number of weeks. Students’ marks and credit accumulation is an emerging worry among educators and parents as the pandemic’s toll becomes increasingly visible.
Thorncliffe Park PS remains closed as COVID-19 outbreak investigation continues
by News Staff
Thorncliffe Park Public School. CITYNEWS
Public health officials have decided to to keep an East York school closed a few days longer as they continue to look into a COVID-19 outbreak.
A
letter to parents of students at Thorncliffe Park Public School said the school would be closed until Dec. 10 as a result of the outbreak, now Toronto Public Health says all students and staff have been advised to stay out of the building until next week.
Important Update: @TOPublicHealth has advised that students & staff at Thorncliffe Park PS should continue to be dismissed for the remainder of the week so they may continue their investigation. As a result, Thorncliffe Park PS will reopen on Monday, December 14.
Public health unit orders Windsor-Essex schools to close as COVID-19 cases rise
by The Canadian Press
Posted Dec 10, 2020 4:59 pm EDT
The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board said its teachers and staff will continue to report to schools and teach remotely from there. CDC
Public health officials have ordered all schools in the Windsor-Essex region to close due to the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in the area.
Students will transition to online learning starting on Monday, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit announced Thursday.
Schools will be closed to in-class learning until next Friday, after which the winter break begins, it said.
Toronto education workers are calling for the expansion of an asymptomatic COVID-19 testing program that revealed outbreaks in local schools, as well as a delayed return to in-class learning in the new year.