WAVERLY- It wonât be long until parents are rushing their kids out-the-door as the next school year kicks off next month. While schoolâs return is an annual and fairly standard occurrence, this yearâs return to the classroom is again marked by COVID-19. New case numbers are on the rise nationally and within Ohio, more than 800 reported on two separate days last week, but masks will not be mandated in the state according to the Associated Press. Whether the Waverly City School District will follow suit with larger districts such as Columbus and Cleveland â who have required masks for all regardless of vaccination status- is unknown at this time, Superintendent Edward Dickens on Tuesday.