Ontario schools to reopen for in-person learning on Monday: sources
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CBC News has learned schools across Ontario will reopen for in-person learning on Monday, as first reported by The Toronto Star.
The province announced on Jan. 3 that all publicly funded and private schools would move to remote learning starting on Jan. 5.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the decision to close schools, a move that would last at least two weeks, was taken because the province couldn't guarantee schools would be fully staffed with so many teachers expected to be off sick.
The move came just days after Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said the return to school date would be pushed back but would still be in-person. Moore had said the province wanted to give schools extra time to provide N95 masks to staff and to deploy 3,000 HEPA filter units.
The province had said schools would reopen for in-person learning on Jan. 17, however many have wondered if that date would be delayed.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.