The Hamilton\u002DWentworth District School Board proposed keeping students and teachers masked until April 15 to protect the medically vulnerable
Some Hamilton parents have criticized the board’s decision, saying the policy is “pointless” and “potentially unlawful.” HWDSB is home to some 50,000 students.
However, Dr. Armand Keating, clinician scientist and staff hematologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, pointed out that “the increasing frequency of cases of the more transmissible BA.2 variant lends further support for a more cautious approach.”Article content HWDSB declined to say how it plans to deal with students and teachers attending schools without masks.
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