COVID-19 safety in the classroom: mandatory vaccination for staff. Masks mandatory for all K-12 students in B.C. schools On Friday, the New Westminster school district voted to seek legal advice on the possibility of a mandate, with a report on the idea expected next Tuesday.Six B.C.
school district parent advisory councils, including Vancouver, Surrey and Burnaby, have also signed a letter to the provincial government calling for mandatory vaccination for teachers and staff.“If we ask for it as well, and we show the fact that we support it as well as parents, perhaps that will give the indication to the minister of health to call on the teachers to have mandated vaccines,” Surrey District Parent Advisory Council President Rina Diaz.