An emergency meeting was held Wednesday night, as parents protested the mask policy outside the Martin County School District headquarters. The vote was to keep masks in class for the remainder of the current school year, but make them option for summer school.
By Joel Malkin
May 13, 2021
The Martin County School District is keeping masks mandatory in class for the remainder of this school year, which wraps up later this month.
The decision was made during an emergency meeting on Wednesday night, where the school board also voted to make masks optional for students and staff during the summer months.
While no official decision was made for the 2021/22 school year, the Superintendent said that barring an unusually high spike in coronavirus cases or a change in pandemic circumstances, the school district plans to follow the recommendation of Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to make masks optional.
Masks will be optional for Palm Beach County students next school year May 13, 2021 at 4:11 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 6:06 PM
Face masks will be optional for Palm Beach County students next school year, Superintendent Dr. Donald Fennoy announced on Thursday.
In a letter to students, parents, guardians, and school district staff members, Fennoy said he made the decision because of the downward trend in the positivity rate in Palm Beach County, the increasing availability of the COVID-19 vaccine for adults and children, as well as a recommendation from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to end mask mandates in schools.
Fennoy said facial coverings will be mandatory on school campuses and buses for the remainder of the current school year, which ends on June 18. In addition, masks will be mandatory during next month s high school graduation ceremonies, as well as during Summer School.
By Joel Malkin
May 13, 2021
The Martin County School District is keeping masks mandatory in class for the remainder of this school year, which wraps up later this month.
The decision was made during an emergency meeting on Wednesday night, where the school board also voted to make masks optional for students and staff during the summer months.
While no official decision was made for the 2021/22 school year, the Superintendent said that barring an unusually high spike in coronavirus cases or a change in pandemic circumstances, the school district plans to follow the recommendation of Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to make masks optional.
Even as a number of U.S. schools remain closed to minimize infections, districts in states from Alabama to Wyoming decided to ditch student mask mandates.