What you should know about today's education strikes

The highlights:

• No strikes Monday to Thursday.
• Schools under five local school boards including the OCDSB are affected Friday.

Rotating education union strikes will close some local schools on Friday.

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) members arestriking that day in certain boards, including French boards.

Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens(AEFO) cancelled a strike plannedfor Thursday because of winter storm warnings. The strike would have closed all French schools in the area but schools will now remain open that day.

The other two major education unions, ETFO and OECTA, do not have any strikes planned this week.

English Catholic teachersand theAEFOare actively bargaining with the province.

The English Catholic unionOECTA called off this week's rotating strikes because of the talks.

• Education unions lead thousands in job action at Queen's Park
• OECTA suspends rotating one-day strikes and returns to bargaining table

The ETFO last met with the province on Jan. 31, while the OSSTF hasn't been at the table with the province since mid-December.

On Monday, the ETFO announced its members won't spend their own money on classroom resources and its permanent members won't fill in for an absent member, though its occasional memberswill still accept offers to fill in.

Its leadership said it's eyeing more strikes the week of March 9 if there's no contract by the Friday before.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce has been signalling flexibility on class sizes,one of the most contentious issues in ongoing negotiations, particularly for secondary teachers.

He has said he would rather make further moves on class sizes than on compensation for teachers.

All the teachers' unions are asking for around two per cent in annual salary increases, while the government won't budge beyond its offer ofone per cent.

MondayFeb. 24 to Thursday Feb. 27

No schools are affected by strikes.

Friday, Feb. 28

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

All schools will be closed.

There won't be any extended day programs, community use or extracurricularsat this board that day.

Upper Canada District School Board

All secondary schools will be closed and there wouldn't be any extracurricularsfor these students.

Classes and activities would be normal for students in kindergarten to Grade 8.

Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien

All schools would be closed.

Daycares in this board's schools would stay open and so would before- and after-school programs except for those from three providers: theJardin des clins, theCentre Culturel Les trois p'tits points and the Municipality of Russell.

Conseil des coles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario

Most schools are affected, check here for the full list.

Chld-care services are cancelled at the approximately 40 schools affected.

Conseil des coles catholiques du Centre-Est

Most schools are closed.Check here for the full list.

Daycaresfor preschool children at its approximately 50 schools will not be affected, except atAcadmie catholique Notre-Damebecause its staff belong to the OSSTF.

Child care for school-age kids is up to thecommunity partners that run it.

All Centres ON y vaare closed exceptatcoleslmentaire catholique Jean-Robert-Gauthier,Des Voyageurs andcole secondaire catholique Batrice-Desloges.