Duval County school staff, not students, must wear masks for 30 days

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Superintendent says territory would person required masks for students until DeSantis’ announcement

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An email Friday from the Duval County schoolhouse superintendent states that each schoolhouse employees, territory vendors and visitors volition beryllium required to deterioration look coverings for a play of 30 days starting Monday.

Dr. Diana Greene, the superintendent, notes successful her email that the Duval County School District was prepared to necessitate the aforesaid for each of its students earlier Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement earlier successful the day.

“The politician announced contiguous that helium volition beryllium issuing an enforcement bid to forestall schoolhouse districts from mandating disguise requirements for students. Had it not been for this announcement, this 30-day mandate would beryllium applied to each PreK-12 students arsenic good and would widen for simple students erstwhile indoors until specified clip arsenic vaccinations are readily disposable and families tin elite to person their pupil vaccinated,” Greene writes.

The superintendent said the territory volition proceed to powerfully promote students to deterioration masks. She writes that “several employees” person died implicit the past 2 weeks aft contracting the virus.

During the 30 days, DCPS volition spouse with the Health Department to connection vaccinations to eligible students and employees astatine secondary schoolhouse sites, Greene’s email says.

Following the 30-day period, masks volition beryllium optional for unit and visitors.

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