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Cilliers, Roland, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 15 Nov 2020     Minister of Education explained that keeping school open was an overwhelming priority for both government and public health and that Public Health would provide any direction if this needed to change

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 12 Nov 2020     Despite mostly positive reports from senior local public school board staff regarding octoblocks, a different narrative emerged powered by student and teacher experiences. Octoblocks, according to a

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 25 Nov 2020     The Trillium Lakelands District School Board met, covering their recent audit, staff reporting on some of the upsides seen during the pandemic, and the director of education's 100-day report.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 2 Jan 2021     The local newspaper spoke with Director of Education Wesley Hahn from the local public school board about the five biggest challenges and benefits that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic from their pe

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 21 Jan 2021     Despite hundreds of new COVID-19 cases still being reported across the province daily, the local health unit believed that one of the best places for children just might have been back in school.

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 19 Jan 2021     Reports made by multiple Trillium Lakelands District School Board officials indicated a system that, while working hard to provide the best available education, was straining under the almost constan

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 17 Dec 2020     The local public school board recommended that all students gather personal belongings from lockers and desks and bring them home for the Christmas holiday in case Ministry of Education decided to ex

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 3 Feb 2021     At a recent press conference, Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams were vague on key school issues. One question was who would be administering the

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 31 Dec 2020     Some local teachers have just today (December 31, 2020) received information from the province around the online learning protocols set to begin on Monday (January 4, 2021.)

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 23 Jan 2021     The local public school board sent out a list of new health and safety measures put in place along with a list of reminders about previous measures in advance of children returning to in-school class

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 20 Jan 2021     Many parents in Kawartha Lakes were overjoyed to hear that their school-aged children who attended in-person learning before the 2020 Christmas holiday would be returning to school on January 25, 202

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 9 Dec 2020     The local public school board discussed the first snow day of the year, now made into learn-at-home days.

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 6 Jan 2021     Colin Matthew, president of District 15 of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation, was upset that the local public school board forwarded a letter from the Ministry of Education on to pare

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 30 Dec 2020     Kawartha Lakes students rose above the challenges presented by learning in a time of COVID-19, according to the local public school board.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 26 Jan 2021     Dealing with multiple health units and differing COVID-19 zones was challenging enough, but local school boards also had to navigate through the issue of some students still having to learn virtually

Rushowy, Kristin, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 29 Jul 2020     A report released by experts at Sick Kids, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Holland Bloorview rehab hospital and some educators and parents strongly encouraged the provincial government to reo

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 1 Feb 2021     As more students return to class today, the Ontario government says it is providing an additional $381 million, provided through the federal Safe Return to Class Fund, to keep schools safe from COVID

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 3 Feb 2021     Local public school board reported close to double the number of families teaching children themselves compared to previous year. The number of reasons for this included parents working from home opt

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 13 Jan 2021     Area school boards saw more than 500 students return to in-class studies after the 2020 holiday break while the province extended online learning orders until at least January 25, 2021.

Walker, Jennifer, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 8 Jan 2021     Many working parents and caregivers are feeling pressure and anxiety after the government announced at home learning has been extended until January 25.