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加拿大安大略省长福特（Doug Ford）表示，学校不会按照原计划于4月6日重新开放。

早在3月12日，安省宣布所有学校停课至4月3日，但福特在今天下午证实，由于COVID-19疫情使公众生活陷入停顿，停课时间将无限延长。

原本学校的开学通知是宣布是在三月春假后的第一天上课。

福特说：“我知道教育厅厅长将对此发表更多评论，但现实是4月6日开学目前不现实。” “我们处于紧急状态，我们确保人们的安全，而当下首要任务是确保我们的孩子安全。”

福特没有指出何时学校可以重新开放，并指出情况“每天都在每小时变化。”

无限期关闭的消息是在教育厅长史蒂芬·莱切（Stephen Lecce）给公立学校家长写一封公开信之后的一天，通知他们，政府正在考虑延长课后活动的继续进行的方式。

厅长莱切在信中写道：“尽管公立学校被勒令关闭至4月6日，但COVID-19周围的发展动荡意味着我们准备在关闭时间进一步延长的情况下进行准备。”

“特别是，我们正在努力确保即使我们无法上课时，学生也能够继续他们的课程和学分积累。”--☞网课

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Chris Fox, CP24.com

Published Monday, March 23, 2020 2:02PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, March 23, 2020 2:12PM EDT

Premier Doug Ford says that schools will not be reopening on April 6, as previously planned.

Back on March 12 the province announced the closure of all schools through April 3 but on Monday afternoon Ford confirmed that the closure will be extended indefinitely amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has brought public life to a standstill.

The announcement came on what would have been the first day of classes following March Break.

“I know the minister will be rolling out more comments over the next day or two but the reality is that April 6 is not realistic right now,” Ford said. “We are in a state of emergency, we are making sure that people are safe and the number one priority right now is making sure our kids are safe.”

Ford did not indicate when schools might be able to reopen, noting that the situation is “changing hour by hour, day by day.”

The news of the indefinite closure comes one day after Education Minister Stephen Lecce wrote an open letter to public school parents, advising them that the government was looking at ways that coursework could be continued in the event of an extended closure.

“Although publicly funded schools are ordered closed until April 6, the fluidity of developments around COVID-19 means we are preparing in the event the closure period is further extended,” Lecce wrote in the letter. “Specifically, we are working to ensure that students will be able to continue their coursework and credit accumulation, even when we aren't able to be in a classroom setting.”