COVID-19 directives, school board officials voted on Tuesday night.Trustees with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board agreed on the decision during their regular meeting.
They cited the inability of schools to “keep established student cohorts separate” on inclement weather days amid the coronavirus pandemic as the main concern.
Trillium Lakelands District School Board opts to close schools on ‘snow days’ The board noted that established practice within schools on inclement weather days is to consolidate attending students, to be supervised on an emergent basis, by the reduced number of staff on-site.Trustees agreed the practice is now not possible within current provincial COVID-19 directives.