EDMONTON—Edmonton public school trustees have voted to ask the province to reinstate mask mandates when a school is on outbreak status due to respiratory illnesses.
During a board meeting on Tuesday, trustees unanimously approved a motion seeking a meeting with Alberta’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Mark Joffe, Premier Danielle Smith, and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange. Trustees also plan to ask Joffe for guidance about when to implement additional health measures.
Board Chair Trisha Estabrooks said health officials and the provincial government are showing an absence of leadership amid high cases of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza….