Some of the last state mask mandates are going away. Now it’s up to local school leaders whether to keep masks on students. The issue has provoked protest, influenced elections and divided parents throughout the pandemic.
“We’re two years into this thing. So we do have some data, we have some trend history, we have some things that we can look at,” he said.
School superintendents generally prefer flexibility to make their own decisions on mask requirements based on virus infection numbers and vaccination rates, said Dan Domenech, executive director of the School Superintendents Association. In Oregon, he said, three superintendents have been fired for implementing a state mask mandate because school boards did not want them to be required.
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