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UPDATED: MCPS will require face masks indoors in the fall
Mandate is for all students, employees By Elia Griffin |
July 27, 2021
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This story was updated at 6:20 p.m. July 27, 2021, to add more comments and to clarify the CDC guidance and at 8:25 p.m. with more details.
The Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to require face masks indoors for all students and employees this fall.
“I know this is hard for some of our students and staff and families, but of course, safety comes first,” board member Rebecca Smondrowski said.
Students will also be required to wear masks on school buses, but they are not required outdoors. MCPS strongly recommends that unvaccinated people wear a face covering.
Board of Education Discusses Best Ways to Replace Police Officers in Schools
Members of the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) spent Tuesday afternoon discussing how best to keep students safe without having a daily police presence in the schools. This after County Executive Marc Elrich removed funding for the School Resource Officers program.
“The decision has been taken out of our hands,” said BOE Member Patricia O’Neill.
The BOE intends to review the findings of Elrich’s Reimagining School Safety task force and Councilmembers Will Jawando and Craig Rice’s plan on how best include mental health professionals and other support services rather than have police officers in schools everyday. The BOE will incorporate that information with its own research gathered from a focus group, recommendations from stakeholders, data from previous years and information from the 125 emails the Board received on the subject.