In a statement sent to CP24, a spokesperson for the ministry confirmed that health and safety inspectors were called to St. Charles Catholic School, located near Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue West, on Oct. 23 following a complaint.
In an email to CP24, a spokesperson for the school board said an investigation into the incident is now underway. According to a report in The Toronto Star, which first reported the story, the employee who tested positive for COVID-19 at the school is the same teacher who was fined by the ministry. She said while she does not have any details about the case at St. Charles, the union will be watching the investigation “with interest.”
Premier Doug Ford said he recently heard from an angry parent of a student who was taught by the teacher who was charged. “In these instances it is obviously totally unacceptable and I can appreciate why that parent would be very displeased and that is why we are continuing to step up training and making sure that the health protocols are well known to every staff member in our school boards.”During Question Period at Queen’s Park on Wednesday morning, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath suggested that the incident at St.
'An itinerant music teacher who tested positive for COVID-19 — leading to the weeklong shutdown of a Toronto elementary school earlier this month — has been charged under the workplace health and safety act for failing to wear a mask.'