Wearing a face mask is now optional for students, staff and visitors at Wayne County Public Schools until further notice.
The Wayne County Board of Education voted 4-2 Monday evening to make mask wearing optional for students, staff and visitors with the caveat that the board will revisit the decision at its next meeting and can revisit the matter should outbreaks occur.
Before voting, the board listened to COVID-19 Data Review and Recommended Protocols for 2021-2022 by Marcia Manning, WCPS assistant superintendent for students services and innovative programs.
Initially following the presentation, school board member Len Henderson, who represents District 2, motioned to strongly support the N.C. Department of Health and Human Servicesâ Strong Schools N.C. Public Health Toolkit guidance by requiring that all students K-12 and staff wear masks at school.
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NCHSAA, lawmakers call closed-door meeting positive, a first step Updated: 2021-07-28 19:55:11
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Updated July 28, 2021 7:55 p.m. EDT
By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT producer & Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT managing editor
Raleigh, N.C. After just over two hours behind closed doors, some Republican members of the state legislature emerged with representatives of the N.C. High School Athletic Association with an optimistic tone about the path forward.
With House Bill 91 looming, a bill that would dissolve the NCHSAA, the two groups met to discuss concerns lawmakers have about the association s oversight, finances, and rules It was a great meeting. We really appreciated the chance to get in there. I think we got a lot accomplished and I think everybody s in a better place now, said NCHSAA Board of Directors President Bobby Wilkins, who is the principal at Hendersonville High School.
Key state Senators and the N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) will meet this week after the state Senate passed a bill that threatened the organization’s future. A meeting is set for July 28.
House Bill 91, Accountability and Fair Play in Athletics is the result of a months-long investigation into the NCHSAA that oversees high school sports in North Carolina. The bill would dramatically overhaul the governance of high school sports in North Carolina.
“Transparency and accountability which we as legislators have been asking for from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for months but have not received,” said Senator Vickie Sawyer, R-Iredell.
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