When Ontario schools reopen this fall, staff and students in all grades should wear face masks and class sizes must be smaller or the province is “gambling” with lives, the head of the Catholic teachers’ union says. Lecce is expected to announce plans for school reopening for the fall and has given boards until Aug. 4 to submit their specific plans on dealing with COVID-19. The government, she added, “has not given boards much direction” with little over a month before school is to begin. On Monday, Premier Doug Ford said Lecce has spoken to a number of Ontario boards and is consulting with health and pediatric experts. NDP education critic Marit Stiles said: “Getting children safely back to school five days a week should be this government’s top priority.

Source: thestar July 27, 2020 23:37 UTC