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Most of Ontario’s schools were to reopen Feb. 8, including schools in the Huron Perth Catholic District School Board and Avon Maitland District School Board.
COVID-19 spikes during the second-wave have kept most students in Ontario away from the classroom since Christmas break ended.
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Yet, after weeks of lockdown, the province has seen a decline in COVID-19 numbers during the past couple of weeks. On Feb. 3 the province reported 1,172 new cases and 67 new deaths.
Students across 13 public health units including Huron-Perth were set to return to in-person learning. Education Minister Stephen Lecce says returning kids to school safely is crucial for their development and mental health.
TORONTO Schools in just seven public health units in southern Ontario will reopen to in-person learning on Monday while the rest will continue teaching students online, the province announced Wednesday.
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Publishing date: Dec 16, 2020 • December 16, 2020 • 2 minute read Suzanne Ruttan was re-elected as chair for the Limestone District School Board. supplied photo
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Both local school boards have re-elected their chair of the board for the 2021 term.
At the Dec. 9 Limestone District School Board meeting, trustees re-elected trustee Suzanne Ruttan as chair for the 2021 term and elected first-time trustee Tom Gingrich as vice-chair.
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Both Ruttan and trustee Garrett Elliott were nominated for the role of chair of the board. Trustees Gingrich and Robin Hutcheon were nominated for the vice-chair position. The votes for the positions were by secret ballot, and the trustees elect a chair and vice-chair each year of their four-year mandate.