School Divisions prepare to remove mask mandates despite frustration with province
LETHBRIDGE AB. — The Alberta Teachers Association is frustrated with the Alberta government’s lack of communication about lifting COVID restrictions in schools.
ATA President Jason Schilling says school boards were not consulted about the decision, and he says it’s too soon to lift mask mandates at schools because they are still dealing with staff and substitute shortages from the Omicron wave of COVID-19.
“Consulting with those who are working every day in schools was the bare minimum this government should have done, and once again, they failed at that.”
Schilling is also frustrated by a tweet that Premier Kenney sent out following Tuesday’s news conference that said it was “Disturbing to see that the teachers union thinks unmasked kids create an unsafe workplace.”