Toronto 
The Toronto District School Board says nine of its schools will now be closed until after the winter break due to COVID-19 outbreaks at the facilities.
The board says the schools will reopen on Jan. 4.
It says six schools were shut as of Monday. The board said students and staff at City Adult Learning Centre, Humewood Community School, RH McGregor Elementary School, David Lewis Public School, Grenoble Public School, and Oakridge Junior Public School will be moving to remote learning this week to allow Toronto Public Health (TPH) investigate the cases at the schools.
Two other schools – Thorncliffe Park Public School and Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy – had been shut earlier and the board says their closure will be extended until the new year.
Last week, the board announced the closure of one other school, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, until January.
Thorncliffe Park Public School’s COVID-19 outbreak involves 31 cases in students and two in staff, as well as 17 resolved cases.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 14, 2020.
This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Facebook and Canadian Press News Fellowship.
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