AP
Public school teacher Kelly Mrozik holds in-person class for first graders in Wasilla, Alaska. She is required to wear a mask. Her students are not.
One week from Monday, all Iowa school districts will once again offer the option of fully in-person instruction, under a new mandate signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, mandating that schools give parents the choice of face-to-face teaching, even as the state lags behind much of the rest of the nation in vaccinating its residents.
Someschools have been offering the option of face-to-face teaching throughout the pandemic, while others have had families choose between a fully online experience and a hybrid one. Still, some of the state’s largest districts haven’t offered fully in-person instruction since last March. Next week, that will change.