(CNN) A Texas school district that closed for a week after two junior high school teachers died from Covid-19 within a few days, is now requiring masks inside all of its facilities as the community is seeing surge of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Connally ISD, in McLennan County , shut down all of its campuses on August 31 due to an increase of Covid-19 cases and rising absences by students and staff.
It announced last week that students, staff and visitors would have to wear masks in all schools and district buildings when in-person classes resumed on Tuesday after the scheduled Labor Day holiday.
"As educators, it is our duty to keep our students safe and healthy. We feel instituting a mask mandate is a step towards doing this," Connally ISD Superintendent Wesley Holt said in an email to parents and employees.
Holt's email also included a letter Connally ISD received from Waco-McLennan County Health District which said the spread of Covid-19 in the county "continues to accelerate at an alarming rate."
diveraj on September 13rd, 2021 at 03:51 UTC »
My wife teaches at RRISD, funny thing is her kiddos apparently don't really care one way or the other on wearing a mask. Tell them to do it, and they will with no complaints. It's all the parents
alfiesred47 on September 12nd, 2021 at 21:21 UTC »
Isn’t the AG for Texas now suing six schools over mask mandates?
balls_deep_inyourmom on September 12nd, 2021 at 20:16 UTC »
There is a Spanish saying that goes like this : "after the kid drowns, lets cover the well" Too little too late 😪