Premier Doug Ford says students across the province will not be returning to school on April 6, as the province first hoped, acknowledging that the scheduled back-to-school date is unrealistic.
Days before declaring a state of emergency, the Ontario government announced 5,000 publicly-funded schools in the province would be closed for two weeks ensuring two million students don’t mingle in the middle of a pandemic.
While the province initially said that students would spend an additional two weeks away from the classroom during an extended March Break, Ford acknowledged on Monday that COVID-19 expands that timeline.
“The reality is April 6 is not realistic right now,” Ford said during a news conference at Queen’s Park. “We’re in a state of emergency.”
“Our priority is making sure our kids are safe, that’s our number one priority.”
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