The removal of compulsory mask wearing in public places in Quebec makes new people happy, Monday morning. Students and teachers are no longer required to wear it when traveling or on school transportation, as classes continue.
There are some that I haven’t seen much of their faces yet because of sanitary measures, so I can’t wait to see their beautiful smiles this morningexcited said Anne-Marie Legendre, grade 6 teacher at the Beau-Soleil pavilion at Pointe-du-Lac school in Trois-Rivières.
To teach smiling faces, with facial expressions, […] I can not waitsaid the often robot-like person he was talking to, only when he saw the eyes of his students.
The government ended the obligation to wear a mask in class on March 7. The latest relaxation of health measures will allow schools to end the year in a context of normalcy-gradually recovered.
This obligation therefore becomes an option, Ms. assured. Legendre to inform his students. Quite similar to vaccination, when we talked a lot about that, I told them they had to respect those who wanted to wear and others who wanted to too.
Moreover, establishments always have a mask for those who want to wear it.
The director general of the Center de services scolaire de la Riveraine, Pascal Blondin, recalls, however, that the mask remains mandatory for five days following the period of separation of a student who has contracted COVID-19 and for ten days after contact. a positive case.
if not, all the steps are down from this morning, He added. The ministry still requires the establishments to keep cleaning and disinfecting the areas until the end of the school year.
A relief
Pascal Blondin went to classes last week to take the students ’pulse because of this new fact.
Both the oldest at Jean-Nicolet high school and the youngest at Beauséjour school in Saint-Grégoire, in Bécancour, were delighted with what awaited them, said CSS de la Riveraine director general.
” They were overjoyed. It wasn’t something that jostled them much either. I admire them. They show great stability. Sometimes, we underestimate the ability of even the youngest to face adversity. “
The teachers and the other staff members, all happy to be back to a certain normalcy, we will take advantage of this. And hopefully it will continue, that we don’t have to back downhe concludes.
Source: Radio-Canada
