The Ottawa Carleton District School Board, the city’s largest board, ended a heated, emergency evening meeting debating a motion to reinstate mask mandates in schools without a vote on Nov. 22.
The motion before the board would require staff and students to wear surgical or N95 masks in all schools, except for musical/performing arts or sports activities when masks cannot be worn.
Parents opposing a return to mandatory masks were present, and videos posted online show a heated debate with shouting and singing. Eventually, some trustees decided to call the police to remove some protesters.
Sue-Ann Levy, reporting for True North News, called the 3.5-hour meeting a “gong show.” Levy said certain trustees were activists and called police to “remove angry parents from the parent room.” The meeting started late and there were two lengthy recesses called….