's Interior, will remain closed this week as teachers refuse to work due to a high number of students not wearing masks amid a surge of COVID-19 cases. "It [mask wearing] is a problem across the entire province, more intensified in some districts than others," Mooring said Monday to host Chris Walker on CBC's Daybreak South. British Columbia Teachers' Federation president Teri Mooring says teachers across the province have expressed concern about the low rates of student mask wearing in some school districts. Mooring says there has been a lot of mixed messaging about mask wearing among families of students. Amy Cohen, whose child is in Grade 5 at Armstrong Elementary School, says she supports teachers' refusal to work at school when they feel unsafe, but she expects more transparent communication from the school district and the teachers' union regarding the conditions for school closure.

Source: CBC News January 18, 2022 15:37 UTC