WAYNESBORO Some students will begin the academic year wearing masks in Waynesboro when school begins Aug. 10.
The Waynesboro School Board unanimously adopted a policy Tuesday night at a special called meeting requiring all elementary school students and staff, and unvaccinated middle and high school students and staff to wear masks to begin the year.
Asked after the meeting if proof of vaccination will be required to go maskless at Kate Collins Middle and Waynesboro High, Superintendent Jeffrey Cassell said no.
The school division will follow guidance from the Virginia Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This will allow the school division to update the mask policy without a school board meeting since sometimes guidance changes quickly.
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WAYNESBORO School isn t even out for the year, but Waynesboro is already looking ahead to the start of the 2021-22 school year.
Ryan Barber, the school division s executive director of student services, told the Waynesboro School Board Tuesday night about the planned Back to School Bash scheduled for this summer.
It s been an event in the works for the last couple of years, although the pandemic didn t allow it to happen last summer. We have a community that struggles at times at back to school, Barber said. Because when you, as a family, are asked to buy shoes and then get a haircut and they want the latest clothing and book bags and supplies and scissors and glue, it can be a significant burden on families.