Get our free mobile app Per a news release from Natrona County School District Director of Public Relations Tanya Southerland, on May 10, the NCSD School District submitted an exception request to public health requirements in the Twenty-sixth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #1, as they pertained to K-12 schools. The release notes that the exception was approved on Thursday. Because of that, beginning on Friday, face coverings will be optional for all NCSD students, staff, and school visitors while on school premises, though it is said that face coverings must still continue to be worn on public transportation, which includes all NCSD Transportation services, like schools buses and other vehicles.