The School District plans to separate masked and unmasked students in the classroom, according to a letter sent by the superintendent Thursday to parents and guardians.
After setting records for the previous three days, the number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals fell by 50 on Thursday, the first decline since Friday. The state's death toll from the virus, as tracked by the Arkansas Department of Health, rose by 30, to 6,396.
School staff who responded to a poll are mostly in favor of the School Board deciding if they're required to wear masks to mitigate the spread of covid-19 a revelation that preceded the board's final ratification of a district-wide mask mandate.
The Little Rock School Board that sued the state for the right to require students and employees to wear masks followed through Thursday with an 8-0 vote for the masks to be worn inside school buildings and at indoor school functions.
After setting records for the previous three days, the number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals fell by 50 on Thursday, but the state's count of cases rose by 2,318.