Four additional Public Health regions have been given the go ahead for in-person learning on February 1st, but Haldimand-Norfolk did not make the cut.
280,000 students will return to class on Monday in the following Health Units:
Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Middlesex-London Health Unit
Southwestern Public Health
Ottawa Public Health
Schools in the remaining PHUs will continue with remote learning.
In the PHUs that are permitted to return to in-person learning on February 1, before and after school child care programs may also resume on February 1 and emergency child care will end on January 29.
In the PHUs where schools are continuing with remote learning, before and after school programs continue to be closed and emergency child care remains available to support children of frontline workers
The earliest students locally could return to the classroom is February 10th.