While schools will remain closed in Greater Montreal until the fall, classes resumed at the MacKay Centre and Philip E. Layton Schools Monday, the first two special-needs facilities in the English Montreal School Board to do so.
They are among other such institutions that have been given the green light to reopen across the province. It’s the first time they have resumed in-person classes since they were forced to close more than two months ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some kids have underlying health conditions and fears of contracting COVID-19 has worried some parents. On Monday, Shirley Coonishish said she was nervous about returning her 14-year-old daughter Aaliyah to classes at MacKay, though it was hard to care for the teen