The mask will be a thing from the past.
The California mask mandate had officaly end after 11:59pm on March 11th for most to all schools. The face mask are strongly recommended to all students and staff.
All three valley school districts, Palm Spring USD, Desert Sands USD, and Coachella Valley USD will go with the state guidelines. All student are not required to wear the mask as of today Monday March 14th 2022, All districts are highly recommended to wear it.
CVUSD had a bit of a confusion since they had originally said it would keep the mandate in place for at least 2 weeks during a school board meeting. They plan to vote on March 24th but RightNow just learned that a letter was send to all CVUSD parents in qoute " Therefore, beginning March 14, wearing masks will no longer be mandated but will be strongly recommended for Coachella Valley Unified School District students and staff across K-12. (All Head Start Programs will continue with the mask requirement until further notice.)"
CVUSD will not requried mask in the classroom for both Students and staff, same goes for DSUSD and PSUSD
Coachella Valley Unified School District Statement: "CVUSD continues to closely monitor state and County guidelines to ensure our students, staff, and families are safe at our school campuses. At this time, for the safety of our community, we will continue to require students and staff to use face coverings until further notice. We will share more information with our families in the coming days."
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Here are the other two Districts Statement:
Desert Sands Unified School District: "Based on past success to align with state and county recommendations and requirements, Superintendent Bailey will be recommending that the DSUSD Board of Education, in a special meeting later this week, align the district's COVID-19 safety protocols with the most recent guidelines for students. Contingent on board approval, masks would become optional for students in indoor school settings after March 11, 2022. The district awaits guidance from Cal/OSHA regarding mask requirements for staff."
Palm Springs Unified School District: "We will continue to follow state and county guidelines as we have since the beginning of the pandemic. We have not gotten official direction yet from Riverside County Public Health Department."
Some parent have mix reaction to the mask mandate,
Parent Jana Kuz said “I’m excited, I'm excited for the kids to be semi back to normal.”
David Benbeneck said “They better have one on when they get out of the car and come back to the car.”
One parent disagree with the lift on the mandate, "I wish they’d wear them. I mean just because kids spread it a lot faster than adults and easier than adults," Benbeneck added, "I think it’s safer to wear them, but we can’t enforce it."
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