Please find below a message from the Minister of Education and the Chief Medical Officer of Health for all parents/guardians. You can also read the letter here.
Dear Ontario Parents,
Nothing is more important than the safety of Ontario’s children. Thanks to the combined efforts of students, school and public health staff and parents – supported by high rates of vaccination –we have increasingly made our schools safer for in-person learning.
In-person learning is critically important for the mental and physical health of our young people. To promote a safer return to school in January, our government is adding another layer of protection for our children by distributing a total of 11 million take-home rapid antigen screening test kits to all public and interested private and First Nation schools. This means that if your child has been learning in-person, they will receive a kit of five rapid antigen tests for use over the holidays leading into the return to in-person learning in January 2022.
It is recommended