Beginning on Monday, October 11th, the Minford Local School District will no longer require masks in school buildings for all students and staff. Instead, we will be following our original Return to School Plan for the 2021-2022 school year that makes masks optional for students and staff, unless there are 10 or more active COVID cases in a building at one time.
This change does not include school buses. All bus drivers and students who ride school buses are required to wear masks while being transported to and from school, athletic and extracurricular events, and field trips. This is still a federal mandate for public transportation, which school buses are a part of.
We do highly encourage anyone who chooses to wear a mask to do so. Wearing a mask in the school setting exempts staff and students from quarantine if they are a close contact to a COVID positive person at school. However, this is the choice of the student or staff member. If you need masks to wear to school, please contact your school office to receive some.
If cases begin to rise rapidly or a large number of students are required to miss school due to close contact quarantines, the district will transition back to required masking in an effort to keep all kids in school, learning in-person, five days per week. Our top priority is to keep our kids safe, but engaged in learning as much as possible during this pandemic.
Thank you for your cooperation and support of the Minford Local School District.