Many parents have questions over virtual learning and masks, but districts have very little control over both. Author: William Joy (WFAA) Updated: 9:43 PM CDT July 27, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas In school board meetings, parent teacher associations and Facebook groups across Texas, the same concerns are playing out.
“The current position of the district is simple: get sick or get out,” said Alex Vorse, a Fort Worth ISD parent who spoke at the district’s board meeting Tuesday.
“We all want normalcy, but we’re not there yet,” Lark Wallis Johnston, another FWISD parent said. “We’re not vaccinated.”
Tuesday, the CDC changed its guidance to recommend students, teachers and staff wear masks regardless of vaccination status in areas of high or substantial spread, which is every county in North Texas.
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Masked third-graders work on computers at Tibbals Elementary School in Murphy in December. Tibbals is in the Wylie school district which appears to have not announced any specific COVID-19 protocols for the coming school year.
Many schools are still working out the details about how they’re going to keep students, faculty and staff safe amid rising coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations.
On top of that, schools cannot require students are faculty to wear masks, per an order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott last month.
So how exactly do schools plan to keep students and teachers safe when they return to the classroom next month?