The Ottawa Carleton District School Board announced trustees will resume a public meeting on a mask mandate for students and staff at 6 p.m., and the public will be able to watch the meeting online.
Ottawa's public school board says debate on whether to require students, teachers and staff to wear masks at all schools and board facilities will resume virtually this evening, after there were "concerns about the safety" of trustees and the public during a public meeting earlier this week.
The board met for four hours on Tuesday evening, but the meeting was marred by interruptions and heckling from the crowd before trustees began debating the motion. CHEO's Dr. Lindy Samson was interrupted during a virtual presentation about the situation at the children's hospital, and the crowd could be heard through the video of the meeting yelling at trustees and speakers.
"The meeting shifted to a virtual format and continued until 10:30 p.m. At that time, it was decided to adjourn the meeting and continue on another day. In the interest of safety, the continuation meeting will be held virtually on November 24, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.""They were chanting my name, they were hooting and hollering. That's totally designed to be destructive," Kaplan-Myrth said.
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