Tampa Bay school leaders plan to watch, wait on mask decisions for fall
They showed no inclination to rush into new policies after education commissioner Richard Corcoran pushed to make masks voluntary next school year.
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Student Zachary Ashcroft wears a Mickey Mouse mask at Hillsborough High on the first day of the 2020-21 school year for Hillsborough County. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ]
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The stateâs call to give Florida students the choice of whether to wear masks in school starting in August fell short of winning clear backing in Tampa area districts on Thursday.
School districts in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties agreed their hope and goal is to return campuses to the normal operations that preceded the pandemic.
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Pasco County rescinds countywide mask mandate
Face masks are still required in schools
Pasco County Government is recommending the continued use of face coverings in indoor places, but face coverings will no longer be required. The announcement was made on Monday.
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. â Pasco County Government is recommending the continued use of face coverings in indoor places, but face coverings will no longer be required. The announcement was made on Monday.
Officials said the county weighed several factors including lower COVID-19 hospitalization rates and increasing vaccination rates.
The executive order stated, Positive cases are predominately in the age group below 50 who tend to have better outcomes than the older population and the death rate is reflective of this trend.
As Florida schools prepare for testing, at-home learners are a concern Jeffrey S. Solochek, Tampa Bay Times
Florida education officials have made it clear for months: They want students to come to schools to take annual spring tests, which start on Monday.
“We need to measure,” commissioner Richard Corcoran said to reporters during an event Wednesday at Palm Harbor University High School. “Those measurements give us the diagnostic wisdom to go out there and wrap everything around that child and get him exactly what he needs to learn.”
Concerns remain, though, that the children who have remained at home throughout the year because of health-safety issues might not feel comfortable returning to campuses for the assessments. Many parents have spoken of keeping their kids home for the tests, too.
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