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Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools: District 196 School Board Removes Mask Mandate Effective Immediately
These numbers place communities in categories of low, medium and high.
March 2, 2022
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Masks will no longer be required to be worn in District 196 buildings or transportation, following the School Board's approval to update the 2021-22 COVID-19 Operational Plan for Students, Families and Visitors to Schools.
At a special meeting Tuesday, March 1, the board approved updates to the district's operational plan that align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised guidance on masks in K-12 and early education settings. The new guidance around face masks is based on a new COVID-19 Community Level tool that takes into account the severity of the disease, staffed hospital beds with COVID-19 patients and total new cases.
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These numbers place communities in categories of low, medium and high. Use of face masks is optional when the community level is low or medium, and recommended when the level is high, according to the updated guidance. The community level for Dakota County is currently categorized as low, meaning mask use is optional. People can always choose to wear a mask based on personal preference, informed by personal level of risk, and their choice to do so will be supported in all district buildings.
The updated CDC guidance also removed the requirement to wear masks on public transportation, including school buses.
The state requires school districts to allow community members to provide feedback on the COVID-19 operational plan every six months or when any major change is made, whichever comes first. The public comment period will be open March 2 through 11:59 p.m. on March 4. The feedback form will be shared with families and employees, and will be available on the district’s COVID-19 Dashboard.
Ya no será necesario usar máscaras en los edificios o el transporte del Distrito 196, luego de la aprobación de la Junta Escolar para actualizar el Plan Operativo COVID-19 2021-22 para Estudiantes, Familias y Visitantes a las Escuelas.
En una reunión especial el martes 1 de marzo, la junta aprobó actualizaciones del plan operativo del distrito que se alinean con la guía revisada de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades sobre máscaras en K-12 y entornos de educación temprana. La nueva guía sobre las mascarillas faciales se basa en una nueva herramienta de nivel comunitario de COVID-19 que tiene en cuenta la gravedad de la enfermedad, las camas de hospital con pacientes de COVID-19 y el total de casos nuevos.
La guía actualizada de los CDC también eliminó el requisito de usar máscaras en el transporte público, incluidos los autobuses escolares.
El estado requiere que los distritos escolares permitan que los miembros de la comunidad brinden comentarios sobre el plan operativo de COVID-19 cada seis meses o cuando se realice un cambio importante, lo que ocurra primero. El período de comentarios públicos estará abierto del 2 de marzo al 4 de marzo a las 11:59 p. m. El formulario de comentarios se compartirá con las familias y los empleados, y estará disponible en el sitio web del distrito Tablero COVID-19.
Maaskarada looma baahna in lagu xidho dhismayaasha degmada 196 ama gaadiidka, ka dib ogolaanshaha Guddida Dugsiga si loo cusboonaysiiyo Qorshaha Hawleed ee Ardayda, Qoysaska iyo Soo-booqdayaasha Dugsiyada 2021-22 COVID-19.
Kulan gaar ah oo dhacay Talaadada, Maarso 1, guddigu waxa ay ansixiyeen cusboonaysiinta qorshaha hawlgelinta degmada ee la jaan qaadaya Xarumaha Xakamaynta iyo Kahortagga Cudurrada ee dib loo eegay ee waji-xidhka K-12 iyo goobaha waxbarashada hore. Tilmaanta cusub ee ku saabsan waji-xidhka wejiga waxay ku salaysan tahay qalab heer bulsho oo cusub oo COVID-19 ah kaas oo tixgalinaya darnaanta cudurka, sariiraha cisbitaalka ee ka shaqeeya bukaannada COVID-19 iyo guud ahaan kiisas cusub.
Hagida CDC ee la cusboonaysiiyay ayaa sidoo kale meesha ka saartay shuruudii lagu xidhi lahaa waji-xidhka gaadiidka dadweynaha, oo ay ku jiraan basaska dugsiga.
Gobolku wuxuu uga baahan yahay degmooyinka dugsiga inay u oggolaadaan xubnaha bulshada inay bixiyaan jawaab celin ku saabsan qorshaha hawlgelinta COVID-19 lixdii biloodba mar ama marka isbeddel weyn la sameeyo, hadba kan soo horreeya. Muddada faallooyinka dadweynuhu waxay furmi doontaa Maarso 2 illaa 11:59 galabnimo Maarso 4. Foomka warcelinta waxaa lala wadaagi doonaa qoysaska iyo shaqaalaha, waxaana laga heli doonaa degmada COVID-19 Dashboard.
This press release was produced by Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools, ISD 196. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
