In a note home to parents, the Lakehead Public School Board is clear in it’s messaging on mask use.
The email sent out over the weekend from Director of Education, Ian McRae, stated there have been lots of absences;
…student and staff absence numbers have begun to rise again due to illness. I respectfully ask that families and staff consider not letting their health and safety guard down yet. To help keep our school communities as healthy as possible, I strongly recommend and urge students and staff to choose to wear masks while in schools.
Please consider the reduction in the spread of illness that masks can achieve. I encourage everyone to keep the health and safety of fellow students and staff in mind as we head into the last two months of school.
Acadia News reached out to the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board;
All of our sites are mask-friendly spaces. We follow the guidance of the Ministry of Health which encourages masking and protective measures.
We continue to respect the choices of our students and staff if they choose to wear a mask or not.
That came in an email from Communications Officer, Alexandra Franków.