Ontario is consulting experts on whether some students should return to schools next week, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday, as teachers called on local public health units to reconsider the resumption of in-person learning.
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Private learning pods are sprouting up around the Greater Toronto Area as parents look to supplement the education they are receiving in virtual schools.
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The Chair of the Toronto District School Board says at least 5,500 fewer students have returned to school – either in person or virtual – than expected this fall, meaning it could lose up to $40 million in provincial funding..
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The Toronto District School Board says that its virtual high school cannot accommodate any more students and it will now be up to individual principals to figure our how to provide online learning opportunities.
Elementary school students at the country's largest school board will no longer be able to switch between in-person learning and virtual instruction before the end of the calendar year, the Toronto District School Board has confirmed.
York Catholic District School Board says it is changing its teaching model for elementary students, combining in-person students with those in virtual learning into one class starting next week due to staffing problems.
The Toronto District School Board is advising parents that some changes could be coming to their children’s elementary school classrooms as the board reassigns hundreds of teachers to virtual teaching and reorganizes classes accordingly.
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A North York Catholic school will be temporarily closed for a week after a staff who is also assigned to four other Toronto schools tested positive for COVID-19.
The Toronto District School Board is once again apologizing to parents and guardians for not assigning all elementary students with a teacher for online classes.
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The Toronto District school Board says that around 7,500 students will be switching from in class learning to virtual learning following a recent opportunity for parents to make the change.
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Children who only have a runny nose or a sore throat will no longer need to test negative for COVID-19 in order to return to school or daycare but they will still have to stay home for at least 24 hours.
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The list of symptoms that parents have to screen their children for before sending them off to school may soon be shortened, according to Health Minister Christine Elliott.
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