The Juneau school board unanimously voted to end the mask mandate in schools. Masks will be optional in district buildings and on schools grounds starting on April 4.
, and the city lifted its mask mandate.
Weiss said that according to the survey, students at both high schools were about half for and half against requiring masks. But student representatives at the meeting said that most students they talked to want toJowielle Corpuz is a student representative for Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé.
Those people argued that most masks don’t protect people from getting the virus, that not seeing people’s faces is preventing small children from learning. They said that masking should be a choice. “You’ve got super majorities of parents as well as staff that want to change the current mask policies,” Coutu said. “And with those who are still fearful in that percentage, there are masks that protect, that can protect them. And that’s the N95 masks.”Some said it was too early to remove masks and that the board should make their decision based on public health guidance – not on parent and staff opinions.
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