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the current curriculum, which was updated in 2015, in place while it consults
parents.
Education Minister Lisa Thompson has not answered questions in recent days since
sending mixed signals early last week on what children would be taught in the fall.
Last Monday, she said only a portion of the curriculum would be rolled back, but
revised her position hours later and said the full document would be scrapped.
Premier Doug Ford has since said the province will revert to the old teaching
document. Mr. Ford vowed in the legislature on Wednesday to consult parents in all
124 ridings before developing a new curriculum.
Deputy Premier Christine Elliott told reporters on Wednesday that the consultations
will start in September. "We need to listen to the parents' voices and the voices of
everyone else who wants to be heard," she said.
But with just weeks to go before students return to class, school boards say they
have yet to receive direction from the Ministry of Education.
Alana Murray, director of the education for the Bluewater District School Board,
around the eastern coast of Lake Huron, tweeted this week that students "deserve"
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staff and staff in other boards of education will continue to try to answer the
questions that students have."
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Another board, the Trillium Lakelands School Board, in the Kawarthas region, also
said this week that topics of gender identity and consent must continue to be taught
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Mr. Reid said there has been a lot of confusion and Ms. Thompson's back and forth
last week on what can be taught was not helpful.
"My fear is that we're already halfway through the summer, and teachers need to be
getting the documents and preparing what they need to be doing for September. We
can't be getting the documents halfway through the year," he said. "They [the
government] haven't executed this well whatsoever."
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