Local public elementary schools will be closed Wednesday as the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) exercises a one-day full withdrawal of services (see list below).
Near North District School Board schools will be closed to JK to 8 students but will remain open and accessible to Grade 9-12 students.
ETFO has advised that members will not stop cars and will not detain secondary students nor people who are accessing the building for childcare.
All Early Years programs, childcare, school-aged programs and Early On Child and Family Centres will remain open. Community use of schools will run as usual.
All schools will reopen on Thursday.
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED:
Alliance
E.T. Carmichael
E.W. Norman
Ferris Glen (Corbeil)
M.T. Davidson (Callander)
Mapleridge (Powassan)
Mattawa District
Phelps (Redbridge)
Silver Birches
South River
Sundridge
Sunset Park
Vincent Massey
W.J. Fricker
White Woods (Sturgeon Falls)
Woodland
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BE AFFECTED BUT NOT CLOSED:
Chippewa
F.J. McElligott (Mattawa)
West Ferris
*These schools are grades 7-12, so the Grade 7 and 8 students will not attend, but the schools will operate and remain open to secondary students and community members.