The Toronto District School Board is introducing measures to ensure student safety on school trips after Jeremiah Perry drowned during an Algonquin Park canoe trip. In a report released by the TDSB on Wednesday, safety measures for future excursions are explained in detail. If students pass the first swim test, they will also need to pass a second on location of the trip in open water. Article Continued BelowTDSB policy requires that all students going on such trips pass a canoe swim test at a third-party facility on a lake. School officials said, in August, that Perry was among the 15 students in the trip who failed a required swim test.

Source: thestar May 18, 2018 00:33 UTC