Ontario boards that have polled parents are projecting that 15 per cent to 30 per cent want to do online learning
Ontario Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce makes an announcement at Queen's Park in Toronto, on Aug, 13, 2020.Ontario school boards that have polled parents on their plans for the fall are projecting that 15 per cent to 30 per cent want to do online learning as calls grow for a delayed start to the academic year to allow classrooms to prepare for COVID-19.
At the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, preliminary data suggest between 25 per cent to 30 per cent of parents are opting for online learning, although the survey is still open, spokesperson Bruce Campbell said. The heads of Ontario’s education unions, who have threatened to go to the labour-relations board over what they say are unsafe conditions, said the government is not taking responsibility to mandate smaller classes.
“The school start should occur no sooner than we can ensure that we have appropriately mitigated risk. And we’re not at that point right now,” he said. The TDSB has roughly $130-million in its reserve fund, but it is spoken for, for benefits and long-term-disability insurance, according to board spokesperson Ryan Bird.“That is not a rainy-day fund as they say, much of that is employee benefits,” he said. “That is not an amount of money that is sitting there without any obligation to it.”
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