"As always, any individual who wishes to continue to mask should be supported in that choice," Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley wrote in a Monday night newsletter.
A day after K-12 students returned to classrooms with a statewide mask mandate no longer in place, the Baker administration announced that children no longer need to mask up while
When state education officials earlier in January announced the extension of masking requirements in K-12 schools, they also quietly tucked in a change affecting a small number of schools where local officials have opted to drop the mask mandate.