The Regina Public School Board is making masks mandatory for all students from pre-Kindergarten to grade 12.

The masks will be mandatory on buses and in school.

Effective Monday, November 9, 2020, all Regina Public Schools students from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 will be required to wear a non-medical mask in school and on school buses. Read more here: https://t.co/PvHCiU7zJX & here: https://t.co/jvVmDJ9pJB pic.twitter.com/Fqcyl4q7ww

— Regina Public Schools (@RegPublicSchool) November 5, 2020

Previously, pre-kindergarten to grade three students were not required. The change is being made to focus on limiting the spread while minimize disruptions to student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A letter was sent home to parents and guardians Thursday.