Ottawa's public school board will not discuss a possible mandatory mask mandate for elementary and secondary schools before the start of the school year after the Ontario government announced masks would be optional in classrooms this fall.
Trustee Lyra Evans could not convince a majority of the 12 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustees to hold a special meeting to discuss mandatory masking in schools. Evans wanted to hold a meeting to discuss mandatory masks after the Ministry of Education confirmed there would be no mandatory mask requirements in schools during the fall semester.
After emailing all trustees, Evans said seven were opposed to holding a special meeting to discuss mask mandates until Ottawa Public Health "explicitly tells us to introduce a mask requirement." Evans suggests the Ontario government's decision to make masks optional in schools is political, and hopes Ottawa Public Health steps in with a recommendation for mandatory masking.
"OPH is in the process of determining how the updated guidance will change the protocols that were in place during the last school year, and how we can best support school communities moving into the new school year," the health unit said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa Wednesday afternoon.
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