Johnson County ended its school mask mandate for its youngest students, effective Thursday, in favor of allowing individual school districts to set their own rules as COVID-19 cases continue to drop from last month’s record highs. Eliminating the countywide order does not necessarily mean that masks are optional for all students and staff immediately, however, as four of the county’s six public school districts still have measures in place that will reinstate temporary mask mandates should cases rise to certain thresholds at different campuses. “We’re not just kind of throwing our hands up in the air, there are some measures in place to keep us from going off the rails, so to speak,” County Commissioner Janee Hanzlick said. “This situation does not mean the pandemic is over, it doesn’t mean we’ll never have to revisit any measures or orders in the future.”
Source: Joco 913 News
