FILE PHOTO: A student has her hands sanitized in the schoolyard, as schools outside the greater Montreal region begin to reopen their doors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
OTTAWA (Reuters) - April van Ert should have been relieved when her son's Vancouver school reopened on June 1. For months she had been juggling her busy job and her 11-year-old son's education amid the COVID-19 shutdowns.
But due to distancing requirements, the return was hybrid: one day in class, and online work the rest of the week. The model was "completely untenable" for working parents, said van Ert.
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