The Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Education will hold a media availability tomorrow (Thursday, March 11) at 12:00 p.m. to provide an update on the K-12 and Early Childhood Education systems in the Avalon Region in light of the move to Alert Level 4. He will be joined by Tony Stack, CEO and Director of Education for the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District.

The availability will be live-streamed on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Facebook and Twitter accounts and on YouTube.

As a safety precaution, all media covering the availability will join by teleconference only. To participate, please RSVP to Tina Coffey (tcoffey@gov.nl.ca) who will provide the dial-in details.

Media planning to participate must join the teleconference at 11:45 a.m. (NST) to be included on the call. For sound quality purposes, media calling in are asked to use a land line if at all possible.

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Media contacts
Tina Coffey
Education
709-687-9903
tcoffey@gov.nl.ca

Cheryl Gullage
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District
709-697-5856
cherylgullage@nlesd.ca