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Teachers and parents protest government’s back-to-school plan
Prince Albert’s Ian Hecht says he has no issue telling his children to wear a mask when school resumes next month, so he wonders why the provincial government cannot do the same.
Hecht was one of nearly three dozen people to attend a rally in Prince Albert Friday to protest the provincial government’s back-to-school plan. It was one of several of its kind held across the province, organized by the groups Safe Schools Saskatchewan and Keep Saskatchewan Kids Safe. Hecht, who has children in Grade 5, 10 and 12, told paNOW he would like at least like to see a mandatory mask rule.
“We’ve been pretty careful this summer. We mask up when we go somewhere that is indoors. But with no mask mandate at the school, they are worried that they are going to be the only kid in class wearing a mask,” he said.