Back to School in the Northeast
Back-to-school 2020
With the reopening of schools amid the pandemic, many families have a lot to consider. That is why we have compiled news on sending the kids back-to-school that you can use to help you make those important decisions.
Links to Northeastern Ontario School Boards' reopening plans:
- Algoma District School Board
- Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivieres
- Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord
- Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l'Ontario
- Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario
- Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon
- District School Board Ontario North East
- James Bay Lowlands Secondary School Board
- Moose Factory Island District School Area Board
- Moosonee District School Area Board
- Near North District School Board
- Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board
- Northeastern Catholic District School Board
- Rainbow District School Board
- Sudbury Catholic District School Board
Ontario Ministry of Education's requirements for remote learning
Information on busing:
Northeastern Ont. Back-to-school
- Ontario's education minister talks return to class
- Timmins health official explains concerns around school-related COVID-19 reporting
- Porcupine Health Unit explains school policy
- Talking to your kids about COVID-19
- Sudbury school bus cancellations continue fifth week in a row
- Return of some school sports in Sudbury
- Another week of cancellations for 14 Sudbury school bus routes
- Sault school board looking to hire adults to be supply teachers even with no teaching certificate
- Sudbury teen gets kudos for his daily ride
- Sault school board dealing with teacher shortage
- Northern Ont. student takes go-kart to school after bus service cancelled
- Sudbury volunteer makes more than 1,000 masks, now being used in area schools
- COVID worsens Sudbury's school bus driver shortage
- Ont. Liberal leader on back-to-school roundtable
- Aspiring hairstylists resume in-person training
- Sudbury school bus cancellations continue a third week
- Custodian's view on returning to school
- Students sent home from a Sault elementary school after social media posts show they recently visited the U.S.
- Health unit in Sudbury outlines how it will handle COVID-19 cases in local schools
- Cambrian College, Vale and Indspire to offer $150,000 in scholarships to Indigenous students
- Northern families on the first day back at school
More back-to-school news
- Alta. student who refused to follow province's mandatory-mask rule asked to leave school
- Without broadband access, online learning not viable in rural, remote Canada
- Ontario Liberals launch back-to-school whistleblowing website
- Back to school: How to get your kids on a sleep routine
- Back-to-school shopping amid COVID-19: What you need for September
- Teachers face low risk of COVID-19 if there's proper prevention, Ontario’s top doctor says
- 'My patience is running very low': Ontario premier calls on teachers to 'step up'
- Dr. Abdu Sharkawy: Why not all of my kids are going back to school
- Ontario unveils detailed plan on dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
- Ontario government releases ads ahead of back-to-school. Here's what they say
- Ontario school bus drivers ask for COVID-19 safety protocols ahead of start of new year
- Ontario families worried about sending children back to school amid pandemic
- Twice as many children will go to school hungry this year, predicts Breakfast Club organization
- Ontario substitute teachers forgotten in COVID-19 conversation, group warns
- How COVID-19 is changing back-to-school shopping and budgets
- An early look at back-to-school in the COVID age as two French Catholic schools return
Stories from around the region
Sault Ste. Marie
- Northern Ont. woman accused of stealing from elderly man in a wheelchair
- Does the Manitoulin Island swing bridge need replacing sooner rather than later?
- Ongoing family dispute leads to threats, more charges in Elliot Lake
- Plate reader alert results in traffic stop, arrest in Elliot Lake: OPP
Timmins
- Canada Nickel close to securing $676M loan to develop massive nickel deposit near Timmins
- Northern Ont. motorcyclist popped a wheelie in front of police, now faces stunt driving, other charges
- 54-year-old G1 driver did not have required ignition interlock, crashes vehicle on Hwy. 11, police say
- Another driver stopped for stunt driving on Hwy. 11: OPP
