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Knoxville High School Science Club Trip in June

The Knoxville School Board decided to remove all mask requirements effective June 1st. Superintendent Cassi Pearson says this applies to all indoor and outdoor events, and hopes this will make the transition into next school year a smooth one. “As of June 1st, we are going to be making masks optional both indoors and outdoors at school facilities. Once kids are finished with the school year on May 28th, our staff will have the option of wearing masks, and same with our kids for the summer programming. We think this will be a great opportunity for us to see how things go on a smaller scale. ...

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The Knoxville School Board approved an agreement at its meeting last week to allow the Red Cross to use school facilities in the event of an emergency. Superintendent Cassi Pearson says she hopes that situation never arises, but is happy to offer the buildings in an emergency. “This is just a basic agreement that allows the Red Cross to use school facilities in case there’s ever a natural disaster or emergency that our facilities could be beneficial. The agreement is in place, and we don’t have to go through all of the protocol pieces at the last minute when there is an emergency. We’...

The Knoxville School Board decided to continue requiring masks indoors for the remainder of the school year at its meeting Monday. Superintendent Cassi Pearson says the hope is to finish the school year successfully, and most likely start next school year without masks. “We are going to stick with exactly what we already have in place, which means no masks required outdoors, but indoors, we are requiring masks of everyone, simply because the CDC has not changed quarantine guidelines. If we didn’t require masks indoors, any kid who is exposed would have to stay home for 14 days. There are ...