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Coronavirus: Toronto, Peel and York region schools prepare for in-class learning to resume Tuesday

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WATCH ABOVE: Thousands of students in the g-t-a are gearing up for a long-awaited return to the classroom Tuesday February 16. There’s a lot of excitement, but also some concern. This comes as variants of coronavirus continue to take hold, all across the province. Shallima Maharaj explains. – Feb 15, 2021

Enhanced safety measures will be in place when in-person learning resumes at Toronto-area schools on Tuesday.

Six school boards in Toronto, York Region, and Peel Region will be restarting in-person classes after a stretch of online learning that began in January as part of a provincial lockdown.

The three COVID-19 hotspots are the last to have students return to physical classrooms — the government allowed other regions to reopen shuttered schools in phases over the last few weeks.

A more detailed COVID-19 screening form must now be filled out by students or their guardians every day before coming to school.

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Students in Grade 1 and above will also be required to follow provincial health guidelines and wear a mask whenever they’re indoors and during outdoor recess when physical distancing is not possible.

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The province is also expanding asymptomatic COVID-19 testing at schools.

Safety measures designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 were created for the start of the school year in September but the new rules have been put in place as Ontario deals with the pandemic’s second wave

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