Far and unfair

We received a complaint from the father of a student with disabilities who resides during the week at a provincial demonstration school in southern Ontario. He said school officials had insisted that he pick up his daughter within two hours, because she was exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. This was impossible, because he lives a 15-hour drive away. He said the school also refused to test the girl, even though it has its own medical staff. We flagged this case to Ministry of Education officials, who agreed to fly the man to southern Ontario and provide him and his daughter with accommodation if the need arose in future. The Ministry also committed to reviewing its policies to avert similar situations.

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