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Coronavirus: Concerns raised over Ontario’s back-to-school plan
back-to-school plan amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.On Thursday, the Ontario government announced that once September comes, elementary students will be in the classroom five days a week while most secondary students will be in at least 50 per cent of the time.Other health and safety protocols that will be put in place include self-screening for students prior to entering school or a school bus, mandatory masking for students in grades 4 to 12, providing medical masks for teachers and staff, and cohorting.“One of the challenges we have in the elementary school panel (is) that our classes are big,” said Craig Smith, the president of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Thames Valley.Smith joined 980 CFPL’s Devon Peacock