By Pepper Parr
April 14th, 2020
BURLINGTON, ON
Premier Doug Ford – sweating out a very tough situation.
During a media conference call hours ago, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that Ontario Schools would not be re-opening on May 4th and that the Minster of Education will be making an announcement on that matter in a few days.
The Premier added that the decision to not open the schools on the 4th “does not mean that the school year is lost”.
My prediction, our schools will remain closed until the end of June. The slope of the Canadian case curve is negative (a good thing and thanks to self-isolation and spatial distancing) but, compared to Korea we are at least 60 days away from a % case change that is less than 1%. Whether the year will be lost, will depend on the will of the parties involved to put the students first. Too much valuable time has already been lost.