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Fort Frances To Have Online Learning For Two More Weeks

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Due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in Fort Frances this weekend, and in collaboration with School Board partners, the Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit, Dr.Kit Young-Hoon, is recommending that Fort Frances schools delay in person learning for an additional two week period, January 11-15 and January 18-22..

• Delay the provision of in-person teaching or instructions to students who attend school in the municipality of Fort Frances until at least January 25, 2021
• Delay the provision of in-person teaching or instructions to students who attend schools where most of the staff are residents of Fort Frances, until at least January 25, 2021

The Health Unit Says in-person instruction to students with special education needs who cannot be accommodated through remote learning and who wish to attend in-person instruction may continue.

Health officials say the announcement will affect:

• St. Mary’s School
• Our Lady of the Way School – Stratton
• J.W. Walker Public School
• Robert Moore School
• Donald Young School
• Fort Frances Intermediate School and High School
• Crossroads Public School – Devlin
• Mine Centre Public School – Mine Centre
• Seven Generations Secondary School

These instructions do not apply to other schools that are not listed above or are not in the municipality of Fort Frances. These instructions also do not apply to day cares.

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NWO Kids Will Be Back In Classes Next Monday

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In-person learning will return for students in Northern Ontario on Monday January 11th.

In a letter sent over the weekend, Education Minister Stephen Lecce says there will be no change to the start dates, re-iterating that “schools are not a source of rising community transmission” and that the institutions have been protected in part due to the extended holiday break.

Students will be taking part in remote, virtual learning starting Monday.

Lecce went onto say in the letter:

“We believe so strongly that schools are essential to the well-being, mental health and development of a child, and therefore, must be safeguarded at all costs to ensure they can remain open for safe in-class instruction. I want to reassure parents that according to the province’s leading doctors, our schools are safe, with eight out of 10 schools in this province having no cases of COVID-19 and based on board reporting, 99.64 per cent of students have not reported a case of COVID-19.”

976 of Ontario’s 4,828 schools have reported a case of COVID-19.