Otero and Bent County schools won't require masks starting fall 2021-2022
LA Junta Tribune Arkansas Valley classrooms could look closer to normal this upcoming semester thanks to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's latest guidance on COVID-19. In conjunction with recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDPHE's guidance update from July 20 lifts statewide masking mandates for schools and outlines a plan to prioritize in-person learning. The guidance is effective August 1. "What they have put out allows us to return essentially to normal at this point," said Superintendent of Fowler School District R4J Alfie Lo...