California's mask mandate for public schools expired on Saturday and kids in many districts will have the option to go to school maskless starting today. ABC7 asked students and parents if they plan to keep their masks on, or off.
If you've never contracted COVID-19, what are the chances that things will stay that way given that many people have stopped wearing masks?
"At school I think they should stay on but after we do something like a workout we should take it off or have mask breaks," said Aaron Ozturk who is a 5th grader in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District who will follow state guidance by allowing masks to come off for all ages. We first spoke with Millbrae Kindergarten teacher Estreilla Raddavero last year as hybrid classes finished up, now another step forward with the option to go maskless.
"I think the majority of my kids will be wearing masks. I know a couple of the kids were really just never comfortable wearing them but I don't know, I won't know until tomorrow," said Raddavero Sunday night. She admits that this has been a tough decision on whether to mask or not, but says she has to lookout for everyone including her family at home.
"Kindergarten especially because they want to see their teachers smile, they want to see the expression when I'm teaching, letters and sounds, but I will be keeping that mask on for the rest of this year. I just feel like that is what I have to do. When things are safer then I will remove it because I do, I like to see people's faces but I want to be safe," says Raddavero.
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