The head of a London-area teachers’ union is slamming the province’s decision to postpone March break until April 12, calling the move “another bump in a very…
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Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s decision Thursday to postpone March break to April 12 received a mixed response online from North Bay parents.
But the province’s largest teachers’ union, the association representing public school boards and the Opposition New Democrats had all asked for the break to go ahead as planned, saying families, students and teachers need it.
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Lecce called postponing the break – a decision based on the advice of the province’s chief medical officer – an important way schools can help limit community transmission.