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Requiring masks or not? St. Louis area schools decide what s to come this fall
5 On Your Side reached out to school districts to get an idea of what parents and students can expect come this fall Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK), Ryan Dean Published: 7:50 PM CDT July 19, 2021 Updated: 7:50 PM CDT July 19, 2021
ST. LOUIS All students should wear masks in school this fall. That s the latest guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The top pediatrics group said even if your child is fully vaccinated, they should wear a mask to class.
Dr. Rachel Charney, a pediatric emergency medicine physician with Cardinal Glennon, recommends if your child is unvaccinated, they should wear a mask whenever indoors with anyone else.
Every South County school district will be using an influx of federal money over the next three years to address challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, in what one local school leader is calling a “once-in-a-generation opportunity for schools.”
Like county and municipal governments that received federal CARES Act funds to mitigate the pandemic, school districts across the country have also received federal funds called Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER.
The federal government has passed three relief packages in response to COVID-19 since March 2020, including support for elementary and secondary education.
The legislation amounts to more than $193 billion in aid to schools, with the majority of relief funds disbursed based on Title 1, the funds districts receive based on percentage of low-income students.
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St. Louis Public Schools isn t hold a vaccine event for that age group yet.
A spokesperson said, We just had our first one for students 16 and up. The new guidelines came out after it was planned. But we expect to do additional events as we enter the summer.
The Hancock Place School District in St. Louis County will soon set up a vaccine event for ages 12 and up at its central office.
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Since it has a health clinic on-site, which is partnered with IFM Community Medicine, it already had several events for teachers and high schoolers 18 and older.