Philadelphia public and Catholic schools will drop its mask requirement on Wednesday,
for all students and staff, except those in our PreK Head Start programs," starting Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced in a letter that masks would be optional for all students and staff in Archdiocesan high schools as well as city parish and regional elementary schools. The end of the mask mandate in city and Archdiocesan schools, except for PreK students and educators, takes effect a week after the citywide mandate was officially dropped.
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