TORONTO While most children in Ontario will continue to learn from home during the lockdown, special needs students – who have been given an “exception to the rule” of remote learning from the province – have been given the go-ahead to return to classrooms. But safety concerns, including whether special needs students can understand and abide by the necessity of physical distancing and wearing masks, remain for educators who are returning to classrooms to teach. The Ford government is pleading with everybody to stay home because of the increased numbers and a state of emergency, Barrie educational assistant Jennifer Coventry told CTV Barrie. We re just wondering how our students are allowed to come back.
BARRIE, ONT. Most southern Ontario students are learning from home for at least the next few weeks. But some students with needs have returned to in-class learning. That s raising concerns with educators. The Ford government is pleading with everybody to stay home because of the increased numbers and a state of emergency, says Barrie educational assistant Jennifer Coventry. We re just wondering how our students are allowed to come back. Coventry is an EA at Innisdale Secondary School in Barrie. Her students are either in the Autism Spectrum Disorder learning or life skills programs. These students are unable to learn remotely, while some are medically fragile. Many of them are non-verbal and can t express how they re feeling.