When students return to school in Teton County, Wyoming on Monday, they will have to wear face masks due to the county being in the red, or high-risk category now. Superintendent Dr Gillian Chapman told Jackson Hole Radio yesterday that they will be following the school district’s “Smart Start Program” developed last summer which requires students to mask up when the county is in the orange or red risk categories.
Chapman said, “We are in red, and so we will require face coverings through the time that we are no longer in red or orange – and in yellow or green, that is viewed as recommended – and then hopefully students under the age of 12 will have the eligibility for vaccine.”
Chapman says that may be revised to require masks until students under the age of 12 are able to be vaccinated, but that decision has not yet been made. The school board met in a special meeting last night to discuss any possible adjustments to the “Smart Start Program” prior the beginning of school and to hear input from parents.
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