Only seven regions in southern Ontario will be allowed to return to in-class learning next week. This doesn t include schools in the London area, meaning online learning will continue until further notice.
MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ONT. London-area students likely won t know until early February when they might be going back to in-class learning. CTV News has learned Thames Valley District School Board classrooms will remain closed to most students until at least Feb. 10. The board also says it expects Ontario s education officials to provide an update on return-to-school plans closer to that date. Locally, the only boards included were the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board and the Bluewater District School Board, under the Grey Bruce Health Unit. The province had already announced students in hotspots including Toronto, Windsor, Hamilton, Peel and York Region would continue online learning until Feb. 10.
In-person learning remains suspended across GTA, other PHUs to see students return to class Monday
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 9:24 pm EDT
Elementary students are tentatively slated to return to their classrooms on January 11. Jerry Wang
Ontario’s Education Minister says over 100,000 students from multiple Public Health Units (PHUs) including Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, and Peterborough Public Health, among others, will return for in-person learning next week.
“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 25,” Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a statement.
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Senior school administrators and public health officials believe schools in Grey-Bruce are prepared for the safe return of students, but they’ve been told by the province to stay away and online until at least Jan. 25.
The provincial government announced Thursday elementary school students in southern Ontario will continue to learn remotely through online teacher-led classes in an effort to minimize the transmission of the COVID-19 virus which is still surging in Ontario despite lockdown measures in place since Dec. 26.
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Author of the article: Keith Dempsey
Publishing date: Dec 17, 2020 • December 17, 2020 • 2 minute read • Gary O’Donnell, Director of Education; Linda Strader, Trustee (Brockton, Ward 34 and 36); Lori Di Castri, Chair of the Board; Chris Peabody, Mayor of Brockton; Sharon Bross, Manager Brockton Childcare Centre; Sonya Watson, CAO Municipality of Brockton; Cathy De Goey, Superintendent of Education, BGCDSB; Alecia Lantz, Superintendent of Business, BGCDSB; Fr. Les Szczygiel, Pastor Sacred Heart Parish Walkerton; Hon. Lisa Thompson, Huron-Bruce MPP, Minister of Government and Consumer Services; Al Hastie, Manager of Facility Services, BGCDSB; Tina Metcalfe, Children’s Services Manager, Corporation of the County of Bruce; Christine MacDonald, Director of Human Services, Corporation of the County of Bruce. KEITH DEMPSEY