The Fairfield County School District Board of Trustees voted for a mask mandate for all students, teachers, staff and visitors, regardless of their vaccination status.
The White House estimates that nearly 1 million kids ages 5-11 have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose so far. This comes as school mask mandates start to disappear in some school districts, leading experts to encourage more parents to get their children vaccinated.
“We are well versed in hurricane season here. I don’t know if we are in the eye of the storm or if the storm has fully passed,” Dr. Knoche said.
Masks will continue to be required in Orangeburg.
A mask mandate in Lexington School District Two won’t be extended, at least for now.
As the number of cases and hospitalizations in the country appear to improve, the standoff over mask and vaccine mandates intensifies. From California where parents are protesting COVID-19 requirements for students, to Chicago where the city’s police force is pushing back against a vaccine policy.
According to the group SC for Ed, 61 students and staff have died since the start of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Grab that mask. The City of Columbia extended its mask mandate. Columbia City Council voted on the extension Tuesday afternoon. The mandate requires masks in all buildings open to the general public for everyone 5 and older. Violators could face fines of up to $100. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin says we’re not out of the woods yet….
South Carolina districts can continue to require face coverings to protect against the coronavirus in the state’s schools under an appellate court’s decision this week.
Columbia City Council voted to extend the city’s mask mandate this afternoon.
