When Holliday ISD made masks optional May 10, the difference was obvious.
Smiling faces were everywhere the first day back at school without a mask requirement. School was fun that day. Everybody was able to just read facial expressions again, HISD Sjuperintendent Cody Carroll said. I think that’s a huge part of social interaction, kind of what we’re wired to do as humans.
The district was already planning a return to full normal for the 2021-2022 academic year. Then Gov. Greg Abbott s executive order Tuesday cinched it.
Abbott s order banned mask requirements in public schools, effective after June 4.
“Especially in our area, the cases are way down, and we just felt like the time was right to move forward with letting the kids get back to normal, Carroll said.