As children in Ontario return to in-person learning on Monday, they can expect the schools to offer two rapid antigen tests, better ventilation, and temporary cohorting protocols as measures to protect them against the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ontario’s education minister Stephen Lecce. Lecce announced these added safety measures and facilities in schools during a press conference on Wednesday in response to concerns about students’ return to in-person learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We believe so strongly that children need to be in school, that they are essential to the mental and physical health of a child and to their academic success,” Lecce said, adding that the decision was “fully supported” by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore and the Ontario Children’s Health Coalition. Ontario’s Ministry of Education has provided the details of the return to school plan in a document (pdf), pivoted on many previously announced measures. “Ontario’s …