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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.
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Billings admins hope summer classes will bring remote learners back up to speed
Masks no longer required for students and staff
MTN News / Mitch Lagge
By: Mitch Lagge
and last updated 2021-06-22 17:30:48-04
BILLINGS â Billings public school students in 3rd through 8th grades who took remote classes in the 2021-22 school year generally saw a drop in reading and math proficiency and less growth in the subjects compared to their in-person counterparts, according to data presented by Roger Dereszynski, assessment coordinator for Billings School District 2 at a Monday board meeting.
Administrators anticipated that students would have some catching up to do after the COVID-19 pandemic brought disruptions to the tail end of one school year and the entirety of another. As a result, district staff have embarked on the first-ever offering of K-12th grade summer school to help students get back up to speed.
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