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Sault mayor calls out Education Minister in social media posts

Rips Lecce over lack of funding to make schools safe for students' return in less than two weeks
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Sault Mayor Christian Provenzano responded to Twitter comments by Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce with an opening salvo after Lecce tweeted that the province will 'do whatever it takes to keep kids safe.'

"You can pretend you are sending hand sending sanitizer as much as you like, but can’t pretend you are doing ‘whatever it takes to keep kids safe’," tweeted the mayor on Saturday.

Mayor Provenzano said he believes our schools are not prepared for students to safely return to class in less than two weeks and its not for lack of trying by our school boards.

The province isn't willing to pony up for the tools school boards need to keep kids safe, he says.

Without funding for additional teachers and tech, class sizes can't be reduced and children can't physically distance enough to be safe, Provenzano said.

Provenzano was responding to a tweet from Lecce in which Lecce said he had personally visited a warehouse where PPEs, hand sanitizers and cleaning supplies are stored.

Provenzano went on to explain his concerns with another shot at the education minister and his party leader, Premier Doug Ford.

At time of publication, Mayor Provenzano's tweet had 118 retweets and comments as well as 316 Likes.