Randolph County Schools - Masks Optional
Randolph County school board members voted to get rid of a mask requirement in schools during a July 19 night meeting. The board agreed unanimously that it was up to teachers and students to decide if they want to wear a mask.
The resolution means masks will be optional for students and staff, even for those who are not vaccinated.
Stokes County Schools - Masks Optional
Stokes County school board members also voted against the mask mandate. Instead, masks will be optional for students and staff. This motion will start the school year by informing parents about the benefits of vaccination and masking, and the consequences of not being fully vaccinated and not wearing a mask, but leaving the decision up to individual employees and adults, and the parents or guardians of minor children, the school board said in a Facebook post.
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CUMMING, Ga. â A silver lining in the COVID-19 disruption is an increase in local tax revenues flowing into the Forsyth County School System as it deals with an increasing number of students and an ambitious construction program.
âWe re going to end up this current year better off than we thought,â said Larry Hammel, chief financial officer for the district. âAnd we re planning for even a bigger increase in local revenue come next year.â
The fiscal year 2022 budget which began July 1 is right at $520.1 million, up 5 percent from last year. Revenues are also up nearly 8 percent from FY21.
Local tax revenue makes up about 52 percent of the budget. For FY22 local revenues rose more than $20 million from last year.
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools supports bipartisan legislation allowing it to begin the school year one to two weeks earlier than currently allowed by state law.
However, with many summer-school initiatives already set in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the system said Thursday it would not move up the start date of Aug. 23 for the 2021-22 school year.
House Bill 111 would open WS/FCS schools on Aug. 11.
WS/FCS said in a statement that senior leadership believes House Bill 111 âcould be good in the future.â
âAn earlier start time would allow semesters to end before the winter break, so it may be very beneficial.â