'Please do not send your children to school:' Durham schools closed, all buses cancelled on Jan. 18

Durham college students will stay at dwelling for a second straight day on Tuesday following Monday’s huge snowstorm leading to additional region-wide bus cancellations and faculty closures.

Each the Durham District College Board and Durham Catholic District College Board introduced early Tuesday morning that Jan. 18 can be a snow day for elementary college students whereas these in secondary college courses can be switching to digital studying.

In line with a DDSB tweet, all in-person colleges will likely be closed on Jan. 18 and in-person elementary college students is not going to take part in distant studying. Secondary college college students, nonetheless, will transition to on-line studying for the day, mentioned the DDSB.

‘DDSB@Dwelling’ colleges will stay open and can proceed with a traditional day of instruction, added the general public college board.

“After cautious consideration of the well being and security dangers to each college students and workers on account of present highway situations, the Durham District College Board has made the choice to shut all colleges to in-person studying on Tuesday, Jan.18. Please don't ship your kids to high school,” mentioned the DDSB tweet.

The general public college board added that it has “sought to make the most effective resolution for college kids who've skilled important disruption to their studying through the pandemic and the affect that the present snow scenario has had on our group and area the previous 24 hours.

“Whereas we perceive that some municipalities in Durham Area have indicated that roads will likely be clear by the morning and have hoped that the scenario would enhance, we additionally know that many workers dwell outdoors Durham Area and the native scenario continues to fluctuate throughout the GTA.”

The Durham Catholic college board additionally confirmed that secondary colleges will swap to digital studying whereas elementary colleges and before- and after-school applications will likely be closed on Jan. 18.

As effectively, mentioned the DCDSB, “buses are cancelled for all zones right now on account of highway situations from inadequate snow elimination.”

In line with Durham Scholar Transportation Companies, which offers buses for public and Catholic college college students, “because of the present highway situations ensuing from the great snowfall yesterday, all buses in all zones all through the Durham Area have been cancelled for each Durham District College Board and Durham Catholic District College Board for Jan. 18.”

Scholar Transportation Companies of Central Ontario has additionally introduced that “on account of highway situations, busing to varsities in Clarington is cancelled for Jan. 18.”

College students throughout Ontario have been anticipated to return to in-person studying on Jan. 17 after the Ontario authorities introduced a two-week extension of digital studying in a bid to gradual the rampaging Omicron variant of COVID-19.