COVID-19

B.C. delays return to class for most students until Jan. 10 over COVID

Dec 29, 2021 | 4:13 PM

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is delaying the full return to classrooms in January to allow public health officials to assess the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and give school staff time to implement enhanced safety measures.

Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says staff and students whose parents are health workers, as well as those who need extra support, will return to schools Jan. 3 or 4.

All other students will return to classrooms Jan. 10.

Whiteside says enhanced safety measures will include the cancellation of extracurricular sports tournaments and plans to control crowding at schools, such as through staggered recess and break times.