Coronavirus: Parents, teachers, students protest Quebec’s back-to-school plans Tracy feels government guidelines don’t go far enough to ensure the safety of children and staff in the classroom, where social distancing is difficult.“Can we not find a way to have staggered learning?
Can we not do hybrid learning,” she asked.At the very least, Tracy believes masks should be made mandatory in the classroom.Under current government guidelines, masks are only mandatory for Grades 5 and up in the hallways and common areas of the school — but not in classrooms.“We’ve always been encouraged to put masks on where we can’t honour these kinds of distancing rules,” she said. “These distancing rules are not being made possible in classrooms so why are.