Students in EOHU region back to class Monday, Feb. 1 January 28, 2021 at 11 h 22 min Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Nick Seebruch
EASTERN ONTARIO – Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced on Thursday, Jan. 28 that students in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) region will return to class on Monday, Feb. 1.
This news comes one week after Minister Lecce had extended at-home learning for the region until Feb. 10 while much of the rest of the province returned to class.
“On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, with the support of the local Medical Officers of Health, and with the introduction of additional layers of protection, 280,000 students in four public health regions will return to class on Monday, Feb. 1,” reads a statement from Minister Lecce. “The government agrees with the growing consensus in the medical community that returning students to in-person learning is essential to the wellbeing, development and
BROCKVILLE – Students will be heading back to class as early as Monday.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced today that nine school boards will resume in-person learning as of Monday, Feb. 1.
In the Eastern Ontario Health Unit area, they include the Upper Canada District School Board, the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario as well as the French Public and Catholic boards.
Monday is a professional activity (PA) day for the UCDSB and the CDSBEO, meaning students would likely start as early as Tuesday.
The ministry says those boards will also be able to resume before and after school child care programs with emergency child care ending on Friday (Jan. 29).
CDSBEO Students Given Back To School Info
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Less than a day after Premiere Ford announced that the decision to return to school would be in the hands of Health Units and School Boards, the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) has laid out its strategy.
All schools in the leads, Grenville and Lanark District health unit’s jurisdiction we will re-open for in person learning on Monday, January 25th. This will include all students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12.
However, Parents and students in the Easters Ontario Health Unit will have to wait for in class learning to continue. A date for which, has not been provided.
Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to Class Beginning Next week.
Today (Jan 20), Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, provided an update on which schools can resume for in-person learning, saying this:
“On the advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the government is allowing seven public health units and over 100,000 students to return to class on Monday, January 25th.
Getting students back into class is our top priority. According to Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and leading medical and scientific experts, including the Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario’s schools are safe places for learning.
To ensure schools remain safe, the government is introducing additional measures including provincewide targeted asymptomatic testing, enhanced screening, mandatory masking for students in Grades 1-3 and outdoors where physical distancing cannot be maintained.”