Ontario government details additional pandemic funding for schools
Feb 5 2021 - The Ontario Government has announced an additional $381 million for Ontario schools through the federal Safe Return to Class Fund.
According to a statement from the office of Daryl Kramp, MPP for Hastings, Lennox & Addington, the funding will be used to continue to improve air quality and ventilation in schools, support online learning, promote student mental health and hire additional staff. With this new funding, Kramp said schools will have been provided with more than $1.6 billion to implement pandemic safety measures.
“It’s been an impressive and continuous improvement for schools and students since last March,” Kramp said. “Air quality has been a big focus with over 23,000 HEPA filters and 20,000 portable HEPA units, and nearly 3,000 other ventilation devices installed province-wide.”
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TORONTO Schools in four other Ontario regions will be returning to in-person learning next week, the government confirms. In a statement released Thursday morning, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said that kids within Ottawa, Middlesex-London, and Southwestern and Eastern Ontario’s public health units will return to the classroom on Monday. 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, February 1,” Lecce said. According to the province, this means that 520,000 students are now able to continue their education in class.
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Despite over 100,000 Ontario students returning to in-class schooling on Jan. 25, many more will continue learning online at home. For those, experts say a few simple solutions can create a smoother learning experience. One of the most critical is how to deal with technical difficulties like the recent video-call disruptions that affected various schools across the Greater Toronto Area.
Hardwiring a child’s computer through an ethernet cable to your WiFi router is the most effective way to avoid internet disruptions. But if your home doesn’t allow for that setup Daniel Bader, a tech expert and managing editor of Android Central, says a mesh WiFi router system can help your WiFi run effectively throughout your home.