After getting feedback from community stakeholders and the Florida Department of Health, Duval County Public Schools is ending its mask mandate for students and pulling back on other coronavirus protocols for the 2021-22 school year.
Duval Schools makes masks optional for 2021-22 school year, no more Duval HomeRoom
Face masks have been downgraded from mandatory to strongly encouraged, but voluntary at elementary schools and voluntary at secondary schools. Author: Florida Times-Union, Emily Bloch Published: 12:40 PM EDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 12:43 PM EDT May 25, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Next school year, students will no longer be required to wear face masks on campus, Duval County Public Schools announced.
The district discussed its school opening plan Tuesday morning at a school board workshop meeting. The plan includes guidance on coronavirus safety policies that are staying and going for the 2021-22 school year.
Next school year, students will no longer be required to wear face masks on campus, Duval County Public Schools announced.
The district discussed its school opening plan Tuesday morning at a school board workshop meeting. The plan includes guidance on coronavirus safety policies that are staying and going for the 2021-22 school year.
Here s what we know:
Face masks have been downgraded from mandatory to strongly encouraged, but voluntary at elementary schools and voluntary at secondary schools
The school s temporary virtual school option, Duval HomeRoom will no longer be offered but its full-time virtual school s offerings will be expanded
Temperature checks will be completely discontinued
Samantha Matthews missed her junior prom last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was a milestone she was really looking forward to at the time. At least she d have her senior prom, she would rationalize. Now, that s being taken away too.
Just days before Mandarin High School was scheduled to host its modified outdoor prom, school principal Sara Bravo announced they had to cancel. Now, at least seven other schools are doing the same.
Duval Schools confirmed with the Times-Union Wednesday that seven additional schools: Edward White, Englewood, Stanton, A. Philip Randolph, Darnell Cookman, Andrew Jackson and Wolfson high schools have also canceled their respective proms.
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