The Greater Essex County District School Board is reporting COVID-19 cases at eleven more public schools in Windsor-Essex from late last week and over the
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The science table recommended robust testing and tracing to minimize learning disruptions.
“Schools have been shown to be sources of transmission, and ETFO is very concerned that pediatricians and other experts are not advocating for student masking at all levels, when evidence shows that relaxing masking rules has resulted in school outbreaks in other jurisdictions,” Hammond said. Mario Spagnuolo, president of the Greater Essex local of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, outside F. W. Begley Public School in Windsor on Nov. 23, 2020. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
Locally, Mario Spagnuolo, the president of the Greater Essex ETFO, said it’s very frustrating waiting on a provincial plan.
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An anticipated discussion on making mask-wearing mandatory for all Windsor-Essex public school children didn’t happen as intended on Tuesday night.
As a result of a majority vote by members of the Greater Essex County District School Board, the issue was removed from the board meeting’s agenda on the grounds that it had already been discussed earlier this year.
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Kingsville-based GECDSB trustee Julia Burgess tried to bring up the subject with a notice of motion which was ruled out of order.