Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6 Leave your thoughts below. Please try againPostmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Toronto Star articles, please go to:Never miss the latest news from the Star, including up-to-date coronavirus coverage, with our email newslettersConversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to theWhat the science says about kids and COVID, as Sick Kids experts make recommendations for going back to schoolSick Kids experts say students should attend school every day, smaller classes ‘a priority’ in updated reportThe Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about If you do not yet have a Torstar account, you can create one now (it is free)Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Ontario’s elementary students and many high schoolers will return to traditional classrooms full time in September, the provincial government announced Thursday. “While we’re facing an unprecedented situation, we’re prepared for anything, armed with the best medical advice available to protect your child at school.”The plan gives parents the option to keep their kids out of class, and says boards must make it possible for students to learn remotely.It says students in grades 4 through 12 must wear masks in class, while younger kids are encouraged to do so in indoor common areas.Education Minister Stephen Lecce said that’s because the latest science suggests older kids are more likely to spread the virus than their younger counterparts.That’s also why some boards can only have high schoolers in class part time, he said.And while Lecce said the aim is to keep students one metre apart from each other, a guidance document says only that schools should promote “as much distancing as possible.”Instead of strictly enforcing physical distancing, the document says schools will be leaning more heavily on other public health measures, including keeping students separated into designated groups — or “cohorts” — and encouraging hand hygiene.The goal is also to keep everyone out of school when they’re sick, Lecce said.“We will also be supporting public health efforts by continuing to promote our screening protocols so that students and staff do not show up to school if they have any symptoms of COVID-19, even if they are mild,” he said.Should a student or staff member develop symptoms while in school, they are to be immediately separated from others until they can get home — and not on student or public transit.Anyone with symptoms is to be tested. If they test positive, they can only return to class once they’re given the go-ahead by public health officials, the document says. All “We hear stories all the time about teachers not being able to fit enough desks into the classroom to manage the existing cohort, so how can we possibly expect students to be at a distance and to remain at that distance?”Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca agreed, pointing to a SickKids report released Wednesday, which recommended that the province prioritize smaller class sizes.It also recommended that elementary-aged kids be kept one metre apart from each other, and high schoolers be kept two metres apart.While Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the aim is to keep students one metre apart from each other, a guidance document says only that schools should promote “as much distancing as possible.”Instead of strictly enforcing physical distancing, the document says schools will be leaning more heavily on other public health measures, including keeping students separated into designated groups — or “cohorts” — and encouraging hand hygiene.The plan gives parents the option to keep their kids out of class, and says boards must make it possible for students to learn remotely.It says students in grades 4 through 12 must wear masks in class, while younger kids are encouraged to do so in indoor common areas.Lecce said that’s because the latest science suggests older kids are more likely to spread the virus than their younger counterparts.That’s also why some boards can only have high schoolers in class part time, he said.The goal is also to keep everyone out of school when they’re sick, Lecce said.“We will also be supporting public health efforts by continuing to promote our screening protocols so that students and staff do not show up to school if they have any symptoms of COVID-19, even if they are mild,” he said.Should a student or staff member develop symptoms while in school, they are to be immediately separated from others until they can get home — and not on student or public transit.Anyone with symptoms is to be tested.
The Ontario New Democrats call the Premier’s plan a “scheme” and that it won’t work NDP Education critic Marit Stiles says, “The right solution is hiring thousands of teachers, education workers and custodians so that all kids can return to school in the fall full time, but in smaller, safer classes.
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