teachers

At a press conference hosted by four Ontario teacher unions, epidemiologists warned that autumn will bring higher rates of COVID-19 infection if changes are not implemented.

Adult day school teachers are precariously employed, have no job security, no benefits and are paid less than regular high school teachers.

Health reasons, but also not wanting to participate in a plan they say was not made with students or staff in mind, are contributing to teachers' decisions to hold off on returning to school.

Chronic underfunding of public schools in Ontario has forced school boards to choose between funding educational programming and funding maintenance.