Parents are asking the Mid-Prairie School Board to review possible changes to the district-wide COVID mask mandate in place since last October.

All students and employees are required to wear masks and Superintendent Mark Schneider says about a dozen parents spoke during the public forum at Monday night’s school board meeting requesting perhaps loosening the policy. He says the district’s COVID numbers indicate the time to study the issue is appropriate, “The situation with COVID, at least in our area, is improving. The number of students infected and the number of students quarantined is down, we had approximately 165 employees receive their first round of vaccinations.”

Schneider says the board will discuss the mask requirement as a work session item during their next regular meeting March 22nd. He says with staff scheduled to receive their second COVID shots April 2nd followed by the subsequent 14 day waiting period, it could be at least April 16 before any changes to the mask policy would go into effect.