With COVID cases on the rise, some schools are bringing back masks.
Portland, Maine brought back its mask mandate this week, with Superintendent Xavier Botana saying "a return to required masking [is] the safest course at this time,""I understand how disappointing this change may be to many of you who stopped wearing a mask when masking became optional," Botana added.
A middle school and high school in another Maine district have transitioned to remote learning for the rest of the week due to staffers testing positive,brought back its mask mandate on Friday, less than two weeks after masks were made optional in schools,the Bedford School District reinstated its mask requirements for all staff, students and visitors to any district buildings,"You kind of let your guard down, so that’s what we were starting to do.
"It is not one that I made lightly. Keeping our school community safe and our schools open and functioning are my most important duties at this time."The majority of school districts nationwide have not reinstated mask mandates amid the current uptick in cases, per AP.
"With all of these measures we have, including vaccines and boosters, we are in a different world than we were in 2020 when we reached for these mask mandates," Boughan added.
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