Schools are not safe, union leaders want Hamilton schools closed amid more COVID-19 cases
Union leaders at Hamilton school boards are calling for full remote learning as students and staff continue to contract COVID-19. They re also casting doubt on Premier Doug Ford s insistence that schools are safe right now.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 8:55 AM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Thirteen more COVID-19 cases have been reported at Hamilton schools, including three at R.A. Riddell Elementary School.(Google Maps)
Thirteen more students and one more staff member at Hamilton schools have tested positive for COVID-19.
Twelve of the cases are at public schools, including three at R.A. Riddell Elementary School.
A letter from principal Doug Trimble says the school was notified about that the students were infected on Monday.
School administrators have notified all impacted families and staff members who are identified as a close contact, he wrote. [Public health] will not be declaring an outbreak within our school based on these cases.