Back to school in Ontario: This Star database answers all your questions about how 10 school boards are handling masks, COVID-19 testing, busing and more

No lockers, assemblies or agendas. Libraries and cafeterias closed.

The return to school this fall is going to be like no other for students in the GTA's 10 public and Catholic boards, as well as throughout the province.

Many students will be wearing masks for most of the day except at recess and lunch, and students will be restricted to social interactions within their classes.

Elementary students will go to school five days a week, but secondary students will have alternate mornings of in-class learning with synchronous learning online every afternoon.

On Sept. 8, schools in Durham, Halton, Peel and York Region will begin accepting classes in a staggered re-entry plan. (Peel elementary schools begin Sept. 9).

Schools in Toronto will hold off until Sept. 15.

With the school year about to begin, we took a look at the plans of the 10 GTA boards to make schools safe for kids, from cleaning to way-finding and everything else in between.

Patty Winsa is a Toronto-based data reporter for the Star. Reach her via email: pwinsa@thestar.ca