Metro School Districts That Won't Require Masks: List

TWIN CITIES, MN — The Minnesota Department of Education recommends that all students, teachers, staff, and visitors in school buildings wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status.

However, it's up to each individual school district to decide on whether to implement a mask mandate or not, and several districts in the Twin Cities metro will not require them during the upcoming school year.

Here's what we know so far:

Twin Cities metro districts that will not require masks

Anoka-Hennepin School District

Eastern Carver County Schools

Farmington Area Public Schools

Forest Lake Area Schools

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Twin Cities metro districts that will require masks

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191

Columbia Heights Public Schools

Edina Public Schools

Fridley Public Schools

Hopkins Public Schools

Inver Grove Heights Schools

Mahtomedi Public Schools

Mounds View Public Schools

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale

Minneapolis Public Schools

Northfield Public Schools

Robbinsdale Area Schools

Roseville Area Schools

Saint Paul Public Schools

South St. Paul Public Schools

St. Anthony-New Brighton Schools

St. Louis Park Public Schools

South Washington County Schools will only require masks for grades K-8, but not high school students. Learn more here.

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area Schools

White Bear Lake Area Schools

Considering mask requirement

The school board for Osseo Area Schools will decide on a masking policy at its Aug. 20 meeting.

The board for Stillwater Area Public Schools will vote on a mask mandate during the Aug. 26 school board meeting.

Did we miss your school's policy? Let us know in the comments or email william.bornhoft@patch.com