North Bay Schools switch to a “Staggard start” for the school year.

The Near North District School Board and Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario will bring students back to class under a staggered start. In the name of safety, and to ensure everyone is informed at a safe pace, it means different grades will return to school on different days. Under the plan, students will not return to school Sept. 8. Instead, they will begin to attend from Sept. 9 to Sept. 11.

Full details are below.

Under the plan, students from senior kindergarten to Grade 2 will return to school Sept. 9. Grades 7 and 8 in grades 7-12 schools,