Shawnee Mission School District Sets New Mask Mandate Policy

New regs in Johnson County offer a glimpse at the future.

Here's the big picture . . .

MASKS HAVE NOW BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE AMERICAN DRESS CODE AS THIS GOLDEN GHETTO SCHOOL DISTRICT SET HEALTH POLICY INDEPENDENT OF COVID!!!

Look closely . . . There's no pandemic imperative or "science" offered . . . Masks are now being required by this school district even in the presence of a flu outbreak.

Agree or disagree but the very subtle move is that public masking is now a part of our new American way of life in the Heartland and beyond . . .

The school board voted 4-3 Monday in special meeting to temporarily require masks for schools with COVID-19 related absences above 5%.

Students would no longer have to wear masks once absences fall below that threshold for a week.

The new policy starts Tuesday.

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Shawnee Mission School District updates its COVID-19 mask policy

Hide Transcript Show Transcript UNTIL MAY 3RD AND MORE BREAKING NEWS WERE A NEW MASK POLICY WILL BEN I PLACE TOMORROW IN THE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE HOURS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE CHANGE.

Shawnee Mission votes on new masking policy for school year

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - As COVID-19 cases across Johnson County, Kansas begin to rise, the Shawnee Mission School District reviewed its masking guidelines for the remainder of the school year. The school board held a special meeting Monday to discuss masking protocols and voted 4-3 to pass "Plan A" which only requires masks if 5% of students or staff in a building is out sick with COVID.

Shawnee Mission School District adopts new policy on mask wearing in schools

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education voted Monday evening on a new COVID-19 mask policy for the rest of the school year. The board voted 4-3 to pass a plan that will not require students to wear masks to school beginning Tuesday with one exception.

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