Face coverings will be required based upon best available data and input from local health authorities, the School Board, CDC guidelines
and stakeholder groups including teachers and parents.
Special clear masks will be available for grades PreK-2 for teaching staff to support instruction for language acquisition.
Students are required to wear face coverings during school hours as well as on school buses. Face coverings must be school appropriate
and shall not interfere with the district’s dress code policy.
Face coverings should be provided to students by parents/guardians and must be 2 layered cloth OR disposable. The district will provide masks only when a student’s mask is forgotten, ruined, or soiled.
Mask Enforcement: School administration or staff will be stationed at entry points throughout each campus to remind students to wear face coverings prior to entering the building. Students who repeatedly do not wear a mask in the school building will be educated on their importance while faculty will work to use restorative practices to encourage students to utilize a mask.
Each school will have a COVID Point Person to work on compliance issues at the school level. The School Office will be enforcing the facial covering mandate. Masks are required for all vaccinated and unvaccinated students and staff while in the school buildings at this time.
CDC and State guidance is subject to change and the district will update the information accordingly.
Common areas and classrooms: Students must wear masks in all areas, to include the classroom, as well as hallways and other shared spaces. Teachers can work with students to provide designated “mask breaks” during which time students will be socially distanced,
such as during recess breaks.
Exemptions: Students or staff must have a medical need for which a face covering would cause an impairment. A doctor’s note is
necessary to be exempt from wearing a mask. There is also an applicable exemption for students or staff who need to communicate
with someone who is hearing impaired and needs to see the person’s mouth to communicate.
Understanding that there may be students, due to the nature of their disabilities, who will not be able to wear a mask/face covering, staff
in those cases may wear a mask and face shield. Therapists, teachers and other staff working with students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, will need to wear a special clear mask and not a regular mask to ensure proper communication. Face shields will also be used by Speech
and Language Therapists when providing speech therapy.
Pursuant to State guidance, the District may make limited exceptions to this requirement for students “who cannot wear a mask or cannot safely wear a mask because of a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).” To request a
face covering exemption for your child due to a medical or developmental need, please complete this form or contact the nurse at your child’s school.
