Before the bulk of the meeting discussion, trustees heard about an hour of public comment from community members. The vast majority advocated for masks to be optional for students in the upcoming year.
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 public school remote learning to end at end of school year
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and last updated 2021-04-19 23:23:41-04
BILLINGS â All Billings School District 2 students and teachers will head back to the in person classroom for the 2021-22 school year on August 23, Superintendent Greg Upham announced at a school board meeting Monday night. I think we all have to begin to live as normal as we possibly can. As we set the framework for schools for (School District 2) for 2021-22, if the virus will allow us to, we are going to start as normal as possible and operate as normal as possible, Upham said.