CBE to mandate masks for all students, hire additional custodial staff

Calgary's public school board has expanded mandatory mask use outside of the province's recommendation and will require students in kindergarten through Grade 3 to also wear face coverings. The provincial government had recommended that only students in Grades 4 and higher be required to wear masks in areas where physical distancing measures could not be observed. The move was announced in a letter from Christopher Usih, chief superintendent of schools for the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), s