Medical Masks Required on all School Buses

09/23/2021

Due to the ongoing fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre Kahnaw�:ke Public Health Team and the Public Safety Commission wish to advise the community that, effective immediately, medical masks* must be worn on Kahnaw�:ke school buses at all times.

In accordance with Public Health guidelines, medical masks will be required when students are on the bus, along with other important measures to ensure everybody�s health and safety:

• If a student walks on with a cloth mask, the bus driver or bus monitor will provide** a medical mask to that child
• Students will be assigned seats on each bus
• Bus Drivers and Bus Monitors will be required to maintain a list of students and chart/map indicating where each child is seated

We are asking for the community�s cooperation by having parents/guardians explain the new measures to their children and to ensure that they have access to medical masks before boarding their bus.

* 3ply Medical or surgical grade masks

** Medical/surgical grade masks will be provided to students by the Daily Transportation Department while supplies last.