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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.