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.