Rapid City Area Schools voted to keep mask mandate in effect for remainder of school year
News StaffMay 11, 2021News
RCAS Meeting-Mask Mandate Stays
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Rapid City Area School Board on Monday night decided to keep the mask mandate in place for the remainder of the school year – which is approximately 11 days.
The RCAS Board of Education upheld the mandate on a 5-2 during their regularly scheduled meeting. Board members Jim Hansen and Kate Thomas voted to remove the mandate.
RCAS had sent out a survey last month to gauge interest on removing the mandate before the end of the school year. The survey showed families overwhelmingly voted to remove the mandate by a vote of 60-percent to 40-percent. The survey also indicated RCAS staff were in favor of removing it.