With nearly 800 students currently in quarantine after escalating Covid-19 cases, a central Texas school district has begun requiring masks this week — the latest to reject Gov. Abbott's preference for banning mandates.
, a central Texas school district has begun requiring masks this week — the latest to reject Gov. Greg Abbott's preference for banning mandates.
The Lockhart Independent School District, located south of Austin, has 204 active cases of Covid-19 with the majority being students, schools Superintendent Mark EstradaSaturday following a 5-2 vote by the Board of Trustees to enforce wearing masks. Estrada said the district had to shutter four classes and a student program after 20 percent or more of those students were diagnosed with the coronavirus.
In total, the school district said about 13 percent of its roughly 6,100 student population has been quarantined. "We expect there will be a need to close more classes in the coming weeks," Estrada added,"and if any campus should reach 10 percent or more of students campus-wide who are diagnosed with Covid-19, the district may need to begin closing campuses as well, transitioning students to online learning during the temporary campus closure."
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