The Ontario government’s back-to-school plan is getting mixed responses from parents and educators as they catch a glimpse of how schools will reopen in five weeks.

Three English school boards in eastern Ontario are expecting the majority of their students to study in class come the fall.

Some parents worry that integrating students from several grades, typically to offset shrinking enrolment or mitigate a surge in a particular year, leaves younger pupils behind or fails to adequately challenge more advanced ones.