Elementary and secondary students with Windsors public and Catholic school boards will be dismissed at 100 p.m. on April 8, the day of an expected solar eclipse.
Elementary and secondary students with Windsor's public and Catholic school boards will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. on April 8, the day of an expected solar eclipse.
AM800 News obtained a memo from both boards.
The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board says "Looking at the intense light from the sun during a solar eclipse, even for just a few seconds can cause permanent damage to the retina, the part of the eye directly responsible for vision. Exposing your eyes to the sun without proper eye protection during a solar eclipse can cause retinal burns or solar retinopathy."
The region is expected to impacted between 1:57 p.m. and 3:17 p.m.
Both boards announced that afternoon bus transportation is cancelled on April 8.
"Buses will run at their regular times in the morning but, since student transportation services will not be possible during the middle of the day, there will not be student transportation services at the end of the day. Families will be required to make arrangements for their child to be picked up from school when they are dismissed at 1:00 p.m. After-school extracurricular activities will also be cancelled that day."
The boards say they considered moving one of its remaining PA days to April 8.
"But to contractual obligations, previously scheduled comittments, and issues surrounding transportation - which is shared between local school boards - this was not a workable solution."