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B.C. students won’t return to class as originally planned on Sept. 8
Original Publication Date: August 11, 2020 8:09AM
Publication Updated: April 17, 2025 11:46PM
VICTORIA – British Columbia's education minister says students won't be back in classrooms on the originally planned date of Sept. 8.
Rob Fleming says students will be welcomed back to classrooms later in the second week of September after staff review the latest B.C. Centre for Disease Control guidelines and school operation policies.
It's not clear when children will be allowed to return to schools.
Fleming says the government and its steering committee are working to finalize how school operations will work.
He added that the previous way students have traditionally attended school in the first week — where they return to their previous classrooms before moving to new ones — isn't a safe practice during a pandemic.
Premier John Horgan has previously stated his confidence that children will be safe when they return to their classrooms.
This report was first published by The Canadian Press on Aug. 11, 2020.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2020
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