Billings parents split on question of masks in schools next year
Should Billings schools require masks this fall? Parents weigh in
and last updated 2021-07-22 01:04:37-04
BILLINGS â Billings public school staff and students will likely be without a requirement to wear COVID-19 face masks when they head back to the classroom for the 2021-22 school year.
Some parents said the decision of whether to wear a mask in school should be a personal choice, while others were concerned about the delta variant of coronavirus and said masks should be required in schools next year.
âI feel like masks should be optional at this point. So many people have decided to go for the vaccines. We always see this, âOh, fully vaccinated staff, guests can not wear a mask.â It should be like that for the school system as well, said Morgan Sheffelman, a parent of an eight-year-old daughter at McKinley Elementary School, in an interview with MTN News.