Ontario’s education minister Stephen Lecce said Thursday that schools will remain open as they are “critical for mental health and learning.”He also previously said the April Break will go ahead as planned.“Students deserve to be in class,” Lecce tweeted.The April Break is set for the week of April 12 which was postponed from the regular mid-March scheduling.The move comes as it is anticipated the provincial government will implement a four-week provincewide “emergency brake” as COVID-19 case counts and ICU admissions continue to surge.
Ontario government moves to activate 4-week, provincewide COVID-19 ’emergency brake’ Schools will remain open — critical for students’ mental health & learning.The Chief Medical Officer of Health has said.