Published Friday, January 15, 2021 11:20AM EST Educators teaching students with special needs are raising concerns about returning to physical classrooms in southern Ontario while schools otherwise remain closed to in-person learning due to COVID-19. Students in southern Ontario are learning online until at least Jan. 25 and the government extended virtual classes for those in five hot spots until Feb. 11. Special education students who cannot participate in remote learning, however, were back in physical classrooms on Monday - a move the government said was recommended by experts. But as COVID-19 cases rise, some special education teachers say they are worried about their safety, as well as the safety of their students, some of whom are immunocompromised.
Four schools in the region are reporting new cases of COVID-19 this morning.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 7:31 AM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
The Thames Valley District School Board is reporting new cases of COVID-19 this morning. (Sofia Rodriguez/CBC) comments
They are:
West Nissouri Public School in Thorndale
Tavistock Public School
The schools remain open and buses continue to run.
If you re not contacted by the health unit, your child is not considered to be at risk.
The London District Catholic School Board is reporting two active cases at elementary schools and nine at high schools, including four at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School.
LONDON, ONT The Thames Valley District School Board has confirmed new cases of COVID-19 at several TVDSB schools. On Saturday, TVDSB reported a single case of COVID-19 at Princess Anne French Immersion Public School, and a single cases at Huron Park Secondary School in Woodstock. On Sunday, TVDSB confirmed single cases at Louise Arbour French Immersion Public School, Medway Secondary School, C.C Carrothers Public School and Stoney Creek Public School, while Southwestern Public Health confirmed a positive case of COVID-19 at Westfield Public School in Tillsonburg. As of Monday the Middlesex-London Health Unit has identified a positive case of COVID-19 at Kensal Park French Immersion Public School, while the TVDSB confirmed another case at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School and the first at Masonville Public School.