Ford says Ontario will announce decision this week on whether schools will open

Are Ontario schools going back in January 2022? Premier Doug Ford says he will announce this week if schools will re-open for in-class instruction.

Speaking at a workplace vaccine clinic in Mississauga on Tuesday, Ford said cabinet will meet soon to determine if Ontario schools are reopening to in-person learning in January. 

"They are going to be coming out. I know the Minister (Elliott) has been sitting down at the table along with the minister of education and we will be having an announcement in the next couple days but we just want to see how things go and obviously speak to the chief medical officer, Dr. Moore," he said.

Across the GTA, most public boards are scheduled to restart on January 3.

But most boards also distributed wireless devices to students and instructed them to bring all of their belongings home in December, in anticipation of a school shutdown.