Posted: Feb 09, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 9
Students are shown at a Toronto school in October 2020. Schools have been shut down in Toronto, Peel Region and York Region since before Christmas due to skyrocketing COVID-19 case numbers. In-class learning will resume on Tues. Feb. 16. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
ETFO president: It makes no sense for students to return to class with province under lockdown
by news staff
Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 1:56 pm EDT
Elementary students are tentatively slated to return to their classrooms on January 11. Jerry Wang
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is asking medical officers of health in public health units across the province to reconsider the resumption of in-class learning next week.
President Sam Hammond says
“Educators know that in-person learning provides the most effective and equitable learning environment, but unfortunately we are at the height of this pandemic. It makes no sense for the government to send students, teachers and education workers back to school while the province is locked for another two to three weeks,” Hammond said on Wednesday.