HUDSON â The Hudson School Board approved new COVID-19 mitigation strategies that will keep masks required until the end of this school year and make them optional starting with summer school.Â
The move to keep the mask requirement until June 7, after the last day of school and both proms, was approved 6-1, with new Board Member Kate Garza voting no.Â
In addition to the planned masking change, contact tracing will change immediately. Students who were close contacts with a positive case will not have to quarantine if all involved were wearing masks and the close contacts are not showing symptoms.Â
The initial recommendation from the administration had masking ending on Friday, June 4. Board Member Heather Logelin said that date raised concerns for her with the two proms being held, as one was before and one was after the end date.Â