Ontario elementary and secondary students will not be returning to class in-person anywhere in the province before September 2021, Premier Doug Ford confirmed Wednesday.
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Toronto Public Health closing all schools starting Wednesday as COVID-19 cases surge
Toronto Public Health will force all schools to close on Wednesday and have students learn remotely instead, it announced with Tuesday s classes nearly done for the day.
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Posted: Apr 06, 2021 2:33 PM ET | Last Updated: April 6
Toronto will close all schools on Wednesday in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the city, a step the province didn t take when it pulled its emergency brake last Thursday. Peel Region has done the same.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Stephen Lecce s office says teacher unions are stoking fear about school safety
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Apr 6, 2021 at 4:44 pm EDT
The Children s Health Coalition in Toronto says in-person learning is integral to a child s development.
Ontario’s Education Minister and the Children’s Health Coalition are reacting to Toronto Public Health’s decision to issue
“The data shows that schools have remained safe through this pandemic as confirmed by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and local Medical Officers of Health,” said Minister Lecce’s spokesperson, Caitlin Clark.
“While teacher unions continue to stoke fear, here are facts that are not up for debate.”
Schools are not safe, union leaders want Hamilton schools closed amid more COVID-19 cases
Union leaders at Hamilton school boards are calling for full remote learning as students and staff continue to contract COVID-19. They re also casting doubt on Premier Doug Ford s insistence that schools are safe right now.
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