Key Takeaways:
- Students in New Brunswick will return to school next week under a new set of rules, with the province lifting all COVID-19 restrictions at 12:01 a.m. on March 14.
- According to the province’s department of education, individual staff and students who choose to wear a mask are allowed to do so.
Students in New Brunswick who are currently on spring break will return to school next week under a fresh set of rules, with the province lifting all COVID-19 limitations at 12:01 a.m. on March 14.
Masks and social distancing, which have been needed in classrooms since the province upheld a pandemic-related mandatory order in the fall, will no longer be required.
According to the province’s department of education, the individual staff and students who choose to wear a mask are allowed to do so.
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At least some aspects of the sector’s pandemic protocol, such as cleaning and disinfecting, and also any portable HEPA filtration systems installed in schools without integrated ventilation structures, will remain, according to the department.
Additionally, officials will no longer collect or share COVID-19 case counts linked to schools beginning Monday.
“The department has made it clear that students and school personnel should be urged to stay home when they are sick,” says Flavio Nienow, a spokesperson for the department.
According to Nienow’s information, families will still be asked to provide proof of absences, whether due to illness or otherwise.
According to the New Brunswick Teachers’ Federation, staff will be required to use sick time for COVID-related absences.
Physical education and music classes will resume as usual, and students will no longer be required to be immunized to take part in extracurricular activities.
Regardless of vaccination status, Spectators will be allowed back at school events.
Source: Global News
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