More than 80 percent of the county’s residents have been vaccinated against covid-19, the school system’s superintendent said
Superintendent George Arlotto asked the board to lift the mandate after receiving confirmation
from the Maryland Department of Health that more than 80 percent of the county’s residents have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Arlotto’s push to rescind the mask requirement follows Maryland’s State Board of Education’s guidance. The state board passed a mask mandate with “off-ramps” that allow school boards to lift the requirement when certain health provisions are reached.
As a school board member made the initial motion to make masks optional, a member of the audience gave the motion a thumbs down. Other audience members cheered.During the meeting, Arlotto said there were 133 active student cases of the coronavirus in the county school system. Two weeks before, there were 334 cases, he told board members.
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