Ontario has unveiled its plan to reopen schools across the province, announcing that elementary school students and many high school students will return to the classroom full-time in September.
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Elementary schools
Elementary school children in kindergarten through to Grade 8 will return to school five days per week across Ontario for a full day, which includes recess and lunch, with no changes to class sizes.
Students will be with one cohort for the full day and enhanced health and safety protocols will be put in place.
Teachers will provide the full range of the elementary curriculum, the government said.
Students can expect to see changes in the timing of recesses, lunches, and bathroom breaks as they are staggered to support cohorting.
Specialized teachers, like French teachers, will still be able to go into classrooms to provide programming for students.
Secondary schools
Secondary schools in designated boards will open on an adapted model, with class cohorts of approximately 15 students.
Those students will attend class on alternate days or alternate schedules that would represent in-person attendance for at least 50 per cent of instructional days.
There are 24 schools boards on the designated list, which include Toronto, Toronto Catholic, Peel, Dufferin-Peel Catholic, York, York Catholic, Durham, Durham Catholic, Halton, Halton Catholic, Waterloo, Waterloo Catholic, Thames Valley, London District Catholic,
Ottawa-Carleton, Ottawa Catholic, Hamilton-Wentworth, Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic, Niagara, Niagara Catholic, Greater Essex Country, Windsor-Essex Catholic, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est and Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l'Ontario.
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