"I'm looking for that point when I know we won't have mass quarantining," said Nichols.
Posted: Aug 3, 2021 7:41 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2021 7:42 PM
Posted By: Olivia Schueller
Madison City Schools, now joining Huntsville and Arab City Schools.
Superintendent of Madison City Schools, Dr. Ed Nichols, said the decision to require masks came after the Alabama Department of Public Health released its back-to-school kit.
Dr. Nichols said they reversed their masking policy, not because of rising coronavirus cases, but because the CDC changed their quarantining guidelines.
"In the past, even if you had a mask on, even if you were in six feet, you were quarantined, but this year you have a mask on and are between three and six feet, then you're not quarantining," said Dr. Nichols.