Wichita Public Schools to require masks starting next week, with 194 students and 51 teachers already positive for COVID

Wichita Public Schools will require masks indoors starting next week for everyone 3 years old and older as district data shows more than 3% of students are in quarantine less than two weeks into the school year. The Wichita Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the measure Monday night after Superintendent Alicia Thompson told board members that 1,612 students, or 3.4%, were in quarantine because of close contact with COVID-19. The mask mandate will go into effect Monday, Aug. 30.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle