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Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 18 Aug 2020     Ontario principals asked for more time for school openings in September 2020, and they also asked that school start be staggered across the week of September 17 - 21 with only a small amount of stude

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 31 Jul 2020     Many parents expressed disappointment with Ontario's guide for reopening schools as they considered sending their children back in September 2020.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 31 Aug 2020     Hutchinson called for lobbying support from the public to push the provincial government to take the steps that would allow for the safest school reopening possible for students and staff. Educationa

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Aug 2020     As Ontarians braced for a different type of school year in September 2020, parents wondered whethey they should be sending their young children to school with a mask - even if it's not mandatory. Mas

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 15 Aug 2020     Area school boards were able to access crucial one-time funding in order to provide students with a safe environment and access to education when school returned on September 8, 2020.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Jun 2020     Video available for viewing on request.

411 Staff, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 4 Feb 2021     S-Kawartha 411 News learned that there has been one confirmed Case of Coronavirus at IE Weldon Secondary School in Lindsay.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 10 Aug 2020     Parents of public schools in Kawartha Lakes had until August 13, 2020 to register their child for back to school in September 2020.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Aug 2020     Parents and guardians were encouraged to prepare children for the changes that awaited them when classes resumed in September 2020.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 10 Aug 2020     The local public school board had only starting to look at the issues of supply teachers moving from school to school as stated in an interview with the director of education in August 2020.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 21 Aug 2020     Director of education for TLDSB Wes Hahn shared with trustees what opening day would look like for students returning to local public schools starting September 8, 2020. Changes included directional

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 17 Aug 2020     The province allowed schools boards to access reserves if more money was needed to ensure safety protocols when school started in September 2020.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 31 Jul 2020     Following closely on the heels of the provincial announcement that local public school buildings were able to re-open on Sept. 8, 2020, the school board tried to assess how many children would actual

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 5 Aug 2020     The newly minted director of education for the local public school board presented trustees an update on the board's re-opening plan for Sept. 8, 2020, but faced a multitude of questions from the tru

McQuigge, Michelle, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 6 Aug 2020     Politicians and teachers called on the Ontario government to revisit its back-to-school plan as the premier continued to assert the strategy to reopen classrooms did enough to keep students and staff

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 26 Aug 2020     The provincial government announced an immediate payment totalling $381 million to support the reopening of schools in Ontario, in addition to the $900 million in funding already announced. Funding w

Ferguson, Rob, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 26 Aug 2020     Students and staff who get sick when school is back in session won’t need to have a COVID-19 test before returning to class unless they’ve had contact with a confirmed case, Ontario health officials

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 18 Aug 2020     The majority of parents opted to have children return to the local public school board, director of education Wes Hahn said at a special meeting of school board. With the high number of students retu

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 21 Aug 2020     Parents were not the only ones frustrated by the province's back to school plans. While appreciative of the financial support provided to this point, the local public school board trustees sent a let

Winter, Kirk, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 21 Aug 2020     Local public school board trustees approved spending up to $4 million of their financial reserve to cover COVID related expenses for the 2020-2021 school year.