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Otero and Bent County schools won't require masks starting fall 2021-2022


LA Junta Tribune
Arkansas Valley classrooms could look closer to normal this upcoming semester thanks to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment s latest guidance on COVID-19.
In conjunction with recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDPHE s guidance update from July 20 lifts statewide masking mandates for schools and outlines a plan to prioritize in-person learning. The guidance is effective August 1.
What they have put out allows us to return essentially to normal at this point, said Superintendent of Fowler School District R4J Alfie Lotrich. We are hoping that will hold but there is so many factors at play that right now I think all we have is hope that it will stay that way. ....

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Bent, Crowley slow in vaccine rollout, Otero County middle of the road


However, Bent County currently has the highest 7-day incident rate in the state with 431.2 over the week, forcing Santa Fe Trail Day events and activities to go virtual for the second consecutive year and forcing the Las Animas High School football team to sit out the postseason. 
When it comes to vaccine distribution, Crowley and Bent are the two lowest counties in Colorado when it comes to percentage of the counties’ population receiving one dose and the counties’ population that is fully vaccinated. 
According to data from the CDC, Bent County has the lowest total population fully vaccinated in Colorado with only 5.7% of people, 317 people total.   ....

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