The Province announced 7 health units who can return to in class learning next week and none of them were from our region.
OXFORD COUNTY - Students in Oxford County will not be heading back to class next week for in person learning.
The Province announced 7 Health Units where kids can return to class next week.
- Grey Bruce Health Unit
- Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit
- Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit
- Peterborough Public Health
- Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
- Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
- Renfrew County and District Health Unit
Every other health unit region in the Province will continue with Online learning, this includes Oxford County, which is part of Southwestern Public Health. It's not immediately clear when students will be allowed back inside the classroom.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce issued the following statement in a press release about today's announcement.
"On the advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the government is allowing seven public health units and over 100,000 students to return to class on Monday, January 25. Getting students back into class is our top priority. According to Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and leading medical and scientific experts, including the Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario’s schools are safe places for learning. To ensure schools remain safe, the government is introducing additional measures including provincewide targeted asymptomatic testing, enhanced screening, mandatory masking for students in Grades 1-3 and outdoors where physical distancing cannot be maintained."
Child care centres will remain open for essential workers during this time.

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