Stephen Lecce says the Ontario government prefers a return to in-class learning for students this September.Lecce’s statement comes weeks after the province told school boards to prepare for an array of options, including a return to regular class learning, online learning or a combination of both.
Ontario government effort to scrap streaming begins with math courses in 2021, Lecce says Premier Doug Ford said last month that with different areas of the province at different stages of reopening, the same should apply to school boards, so there won’t be a one-size-fits-all approach in schools.Lecce says the government wants to have all students in class, but health officials must approve.He says school boards, and the government, must make.