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COVID-19: Ontario faces pushback for lack of clarity on school reopening
COVID-19: Schools to remain closed as Ontario unveils reopening plan The union that represents the province’s high school teachers wants Premier Doug Ford’s government to be a little more transparent.Harvey Bischof, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, says he’d like to see the criteria the province is using to decide whether it’s safe for schools to reopen.For his part, he says he believes the province should take a regional approach to reopening, as the rate of COVID-19 varies by location.The province’s chief medical officer says the province is in the tricky situation of trying to balance the risk reopening might have on the spread of COVID-19 with the mental health of students.Students have been learning