SALT LAKE CITY Lifting Utah s statewide mask mandate on April 10 will be deeply problematic for schools, a member of the Utah State Board of Education predicted Thursday.
Molly Hart, who is also a middle school principal in the Canyons School District, said she is concerned how schools will continue to enforce mask requirements after the statewide mandate terminates April 10, as directed under HB294, recently passed by state lawmakers.
The bill is on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox s desk where he can sign it into law, allow it become law without his signature or veto it. However, the governor has said he supports HB294, which was negotiated among lawmakers, the governor s office and the Utah Department of Health.
Five things COVID-19 has changed about education in Utah
The pandemic has “really, truly acted as the catalyst” to transform education, one educator says.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Self-portraits of students wearing masks hang on a wall at Crescent Elementary in Sandy on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. As Utah school districts struggled to make the most of the pandemic school year, they’ve come away some innovations that are expected to stay long after the coronavirus has subsided. | Updated: 5:23 p.m.
But the pain hasn’t entirely been for naught. As Utah school districts struggled to make the most of the past school year, they’ve come away with knowledge and innovations. Projects that had been bandied around for years, or even decades, suddenly coalesced. New ideas took root.
With new health guidelines on the way, will Utah school safety protocols change? fox13now.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox13now.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COVID-19 vaccine experience
Newsline reporter Rachel Smith sat down with three people who got the COVID-19 vaccine to take a closer look at what it’s really like.
Kelly Washburn teaches in the Canyons School District and was qualified to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Initially, she had some reservations.
“Myself and my son have had some adverse side effects from the flu shot or different things in the past that we weren’t supposed to have side effects, so I was a little nervous,” said Washburn.
After consulting with her doctor, Washburn decided the benefits outweighed the risk. She said the shot gave her a headache, but a few days later, the symptoms got worse.