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SvennoJ on 19 May 2020
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Well, there it is

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/i-m-just-not-going-to-risk-it-ontario-students-will-not-return-to-school-until-september-1.4944536

Schools in Ontario are to remain closed for the rest of the year. Not surprising since even with the crap weather, phase one of re-opening is already faltering. While you would expect lower numbers due to the long weekend (numbers today are test results of bank holiday yesterday) they are actually higher than a week ago. At the current 3 day average Ontario is back to a 105.5% week over week increase, today's raw numbers at 118% of last weeks.


Schools across the province have not been open since March 13. At first, schools were supposed to reopen two weeks following March Break, but in an effort to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, the closure has been extended multiple times.

But no worry...

All students who were on track to graduate from secondary school before the initial school closure will be able to graduate. All students will receive a report card.

In April, three weeks after schools were closed, the Ontario government launched an online learning program to help students stay engaged with the curriculum during the extended closure.

Now it seems up to 80% are not using the online learning programs or participating. Not surprising since this online learning program is a haphazard selection of online tools (Lexia, Prodigy, IXL, BrightSpace, Zoom) all with their own issues. Next to teachers scanning and emailing text book pages assuming everyone has a color printer and stacks of paper and ink. Plus projects that involve materials that most people don't readily have access to at this time. Never mind all the problems trying to turn work in.

Anyway, steady as she goes I guess. 6 more weeks of home 'schooling'.



The border is staying closed as well for another month

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-u-s-border-to-remain-closed-to-non-essential-travel-for-another-month-pm-says-it-s-the-right-thing-1.4944793

The extension on the existing agreement means that the border restrictions will stay in place until June 21, even as parts of both countries begin gradually reopening. The agreement, as it stands, exempts the flow of trade and commerce, as well as vital health-care workers such as nurses who live and work on opposite sides of the border. Tourists and cross-border visits remain prohibited.