Tag: Stephen Lecce
Ministry tells Ontario school boards to prepare for remote school in...
TORONTO — Ontario is telling its school boards to prepare for the possibility of fully remote learning in the new year, prompting calls for...
Toronto school staff member dies of COVID-19
TORONTO — An education worker at a Toronto school has died from COVID-19.
The child and youth worker was employed with the Toronto Catholic District...
Ontario students begin return to class today as some boards reopen...
TORONTO — Students in Ontario will begin returning to the classroom in person today for the first time since the start of the COVID-19...
Ontario rejects TDSB pitch to cut class size, wants to maintain...
TORONTO — Ontario says it rejected a Toronto school board's plan to cut class sizes because it limits the amount of time students will...
School reopening plan coming next week, Lecce says, as critics urge...
TORONTO — A new plan to reopen the Ontario's schools in September is coming next week, the province's education minister said Thursday, conceding that the government...
Ontario prefers in-class return for students, but health officials must approve
TORONTO — Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the Ontario government prefers a return to in-class learning for students this September.
Lecce's statement comes weeks after...
Ontario schools likely to see mix of in-class, online learning in...
TORONTO — Ontario students will likely return to school in September with a mix of in-class and remote learning, the government announced Friday, though...
Ontario government to prop-up child-care providers with financial supports
TORONTO — The provincial government said it will help cover operating costs for child-care providers and waive their licensing fees in an effort to...
Ontario schools will remain closed until May 31: Ministry of Education
TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce said all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until May 31 on Sunday, and added the closure could be...
Ontario strikes deal with educational workers; urges two others to talk
TORONTO — Educational workers have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Ontario government.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the proposed deal in a...
