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Masks optional for Collierville, Arlington students, staff beginning next week Laura Testino, Memphis Commercial Appeal
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With news that the Shelby County Health Department has relaxed mask requirements, some school districts are making masks optional.
Masks will be optional for Collierville Schools students and staff beginning Monday and will be optional for Arlington Community Schools students and staff beginning Saturday, according to district communications.
Bartlett schools and Shelby County Schools are still requiring masks, spokespeople told the Commercial Appeal. We are starting to see the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel,” Collierville Schools Superintendent Gary Lilly said in a statement. “Our families, students, and staff have been incredibly flexible throughout this entire school year you are the reason Collierville Schools is such a special
City of Memphis officials expect to open the Pfizer vaccine up to people 12 and older beginning Thursday. That vaccine requires two doses, administered three weeks apart. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks from the date of the second dose of that vaccine.
Collierville Schools says it has not reported a case of COVID-19 among students since early May.
As of Tuesday, the latest district-level data available, there was one active case of COVID-19 among a student and one among an employee. Over the course of the 2020-21 school year, the district has reported 99 positive cases among staff, representing 8.3% of all staff, and 391 cases among students, representing 4.3% of all students.