Ontario School Plant Manager Summer 2020

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SickKids-led group of experts proposes latest guidance for school reopening " As leaders in

A group of experts from across Ontario

around the world and reviewed the

have come together to develop

experiences from other jurisdictions to

updated considerations for a safe school

inform how students and staff in Ontario

children’s health,

reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

can safely return to school in September.

The living document, Updated COVID-19:

However, as research into COVID-19

our most important

Guidance for School Reopening, published

continues to rapidly evolve, the authors

July 29, 2020, builds on the initial set of

caution the document may need to be

recommendations put forward by The

updated accordingly. The authors drafted

Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and

and accepted the guidance statements

Unity Health Toronto, with input from

based on consensus and highlighted

experts from a wide range of disciplines

areas of disagreement as additional

across the province.

viewpoints.

The authors agree bringing children

"As leaders in children’s health, our

and youth back to school for in-person,

most important opportunity at this

full-time learning, with appropriate risk-

moment is the careful planning of a safe,

mitigation strategies to ensure everyone’s

successful return to daily school. With

safety, is the ultimate goal. Together,

this document, we have endeavoured

they examined the latest evidence from

to provide helpful considerations

opportunity at this moment is the careful planning of a safe, successful return to daily school."

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