Masks Optional At Montgomery College, With Some Exceptions

ROCKVILLE, MD — Masking will be optional on Montgomery College's campus beginning March 28, with the exceptions of classroom settings — including labs, learning centers, and other instructional spaces — as well as on shuttles and in the Montgomery College Center for Early Education.

"Combined with the high rate of fully vaccinated faculty, staff, and students, this shift to optional mask wearing is made with confidence," said President Jermaine F. Williams in a letter dated March 24. "It is our hope that these positive trends continue and support further relaxing of enhanced COVID-19 safety protocols."

Employees can request that visitors to their own offices or workspaces wear masks, said Williams.

"Please respect and support those who choose to wear masks," he wrote in the letter.

Montgomery County Public Schools eliminated its own mask mandate earlier this month, following the end of the county's indoor mask mandate in February.

"Students, faculty, and staff have lived through the past two years with courage, creativity, and grace as you embraced new health protocols and adapted to new ways of learning, teaching, and working," said the Montgomery College president in the letter. "Health and safety decisions throughout the pandemic have been and will remain guided by science as well as local, state, and national health agencies."

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