Ottawa School Trustees Call Police to Remove Parents During School Board Debate Over Masks

Ottawa School Trustees Call Police to Remove Parents During School Board Debate Over Masks
A sign in downtown Ottawa recommends mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, on Sept. 14, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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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.