Quebec’s controversial plan to reopen elementary schools in two phases for the final weeks of the 2019-20 academic year has been met in recent days with increasing frustration from school boards and opposition politicians alike.
Elementary schools in Quebec are currently scheduled to reopen on May 11 outside the Greater Montreal area, with elementary schools in and around the island set to follow eight days later, on May 19.
High schools, CEGEPs and universities will not resume in-person teaching until the fall. Education Minister Jean-François Roberge clashed publicly with the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) this weekend over QESBA’s public reluctance to reopen classrooms. “There are still far too many unknowns that