Yes, there is still smoke in the air, and, yes, all teachers and staff must continue to wear facemasks to school every day for the time being. Sounds like the common proverbial expression, “Is the glass half empty or half full?”
Generally used rhetorically, this expression indicates a particular situation is a cause for pessimism, optimism, or indifference as a general litmus test to simply determine an individual's worldview. So how do you feel about the pandemic?