Starting Monday, students in Regina schools will be required to wear a non-medical mask in school and on buses.
This follows the provincial governments’ move to mandate masks in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. The school divisions were left out of this mandate, some had already mandated mask use school-wide. School divisions were asked to form their own guidelines on mandatory mask use. Both of Regina’s school boards are following suit.
Regina Catholic Schools also opted for mandatory masks after the government’s announcement. In Regina Catholic Schools, all staff members and all students must wear a mask when indoors in the presence of others.
This means students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 3 are now required to wear a mask at school and while riding any RCSD provided transportation. Exceptions will be made in private staff offices where physical distancing is possible, or when students are eating or drinking.
Students are encouraged to bring more than one mask; in case one is soiled during play or by the weather.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/09/30/mask-guidelines-covid-faq/?arc404=true