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No deal, no report cards: Ontario grade school students may get letter instead

Student's glasses sitting on a notebook containing math exercises are pictured. March 12, 2014.
Student's glasses sitting on a notebook containing math exercises are pictured. March 12, 2014. Patrick Semansky/The Canadian Press/AP

TORONTO – It’s the ticket some kids await, others dread before their summer freedom.

Report cards are typically due at the end of the month, but for public school students in Ontario, they may not come.

The warning comes from some school boards.

Instead, there are reports parents should expect a letter, notifying them whether their children are moving on to the next grade.

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The teachers announced their work-to-rule action in April.

According to Toronto Starthere is no sign the Ministry of Education will hand over the money needed for assistance to get the report cards out.

The newspaper reported that the Durham District School Board expects it could cost up to $400,000, something it can’t afford.

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The summer break doesn’t signal the end of the dispute between teachers and the province.

Ontario public elementary and secondary teachers, and their colleagues from the Catholic and French boards are expected to be in a strike position.

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