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McAlester Public Schools officials made adjustments to the district s mask policy.
School board members voted to approve a policy change that would remove the districtâs mask mandate â depending on the Oklahoma State Department of Healthâs weekly COVID-19 risk level map.
OSDHâs weekly map determines each countyâs risk level. Counties in the green risk phase have fewer than 1.43 daily new cases per 100,000 population, while yellow risk phase indicates between 1.43 and 14.29 daily new cases.
OSDH listed Pittsburg County in the yellow risk level last week. The agency releases the reports every Wednesday.
After lengthy discussion over the policy, board member Shelli Colbert moved to drop the mask requirement if Pittsburg Countyâs risk level goes green â but keep it in place if the countyâs risk level is yellow or higher.