Pause on extracurriculars at Toronto schools 'a really big disappointment' for students, parents
CBC
There's disappointment all around after Toronto Public Health (TPH) officials told schools across the city to pause extracurricular activities — including sports and clubs — for the month of September.
Laura McIninch, who has two sons, aged eight and 11, said this decision disproportionately affects the kids whose only access to extracurricular activities is through school. "For my boys, it will mean some disappointment for sure," McIninch told CBC Toronto. "It's hard to explain to my son in Grade 6 why it's safe for him to be in a classroom with 27 students, which in Toronto I think is actually considered quite small, but it's not safe for him apparently to have an outdoor cross-country practice or to have an outdoor soccer game," she added. "They've been missing out on activities for so long and they're so desperate to get out there and get active again for their physical health and for their mental health, and it's just a really big disappointment I think for a lot of students in the Toronto boards." Last Wednesday, the Toronto public and Catholic boards advised parents that TPH had placed the pause on extracurricular activities. McIninch believes the TPH went about this the wrong way.
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