A spike in COVID-19 case and predictions the Omicron variant will take off in Ontario is fuelling speculation that schools may shut and pivot to virtual learning after the winter break, a repeat from a year ago when schools were closed for more than a month following the holidays. “Here we are at the Christmas holiday and we’re talking about COVID again,” Smith said. “The schools are a shambles in terms of students in, students out, teacher quarantined, classes closed. We have outbreaks all over the place and (many classes) have moved to virtual.”
