Ontario’s Education Ministry is set provide more details today about next week’s planned return to in-person classes.
Nancy Naylor, Deputy Minister of Education, will be joined by other Ministry of Education personal for a media briefing to provide an update on Ontario students returning to in-person learning. This will take place around the noon hour.
Stephen Lecce is also expected to speak to the media with the province’s top public health doctor at 1:30 p.m.
The government says students will return to classes next Monday after a two-week period of remote learning that began this month amid a severe wave of COVID-19 cases.
However, Ontario teachers’ unions are skeptical about the province’s plan to re-open schools on Monday.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation says it’s concerned that the government has sharply limited access to PCR tests for students and teachers.
That union and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation are calling for more HEPA filters in schools, reduced class sizes and more frequent COVID-19 testing.
Many parents are also concerned that schools won’t be notifying them about outbreaks in schools.
More details will be provided during the two media briefing today and myFM will be sure to bring you the latest.
