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Mask requirement in place for Mound City School

By John Nixon

11/19/2020

(KLZA)-- Following recent positive tests for COVID-19 in the pre-school and a lower elementary grade level, the Mound City School District is teaching grades Pre-Kindergarten through 4th grade students virtually for a two-week period.

Superintendent Korey Miles said due to how close the students in those grades are, and that several of the school district teachers have students in those grades, the classes will be in quarantine.

During the Tuesday night School Board meeting, it was noted that all students attending Mound School will be taught virtually November 23 and 24.

The School Board also voted to put a mask mandate in place. All staff and students must wear a face covering at all times. Under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education modifications to Missouri's K-12 school reopening and operating guidance, proper mask wearing may now prevent individuals from being identified as close contacts in K-12 schools that implement a mask mandate.

Students may remove the masks temporarily during recess and lunch or when instructed by faculty or administration.

In addition, all students and staff must wear masks while being transported on school buses or vans, including morning and afternoon bus routes, school activities and functions and vo-tech.

Visitors to the school must also wear face coverings while inside a district school or facility.

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