Cherry Creek School District mandates COVID-19 masks for pre-K through 6th grade

The Cherry Creek School District volition necessitate COVID-19 facial masks wrong schoolhouse buildings for each students from pre-K done 6th people and for unit moving with those students.

The territory announced Friday that the disguise mandate is for each students nether the property of 12, a determination based, successful part, connected dialog with the Tri-County Health Department.

“Over the past week, we person had predominant conversations with our partners astatine Tri-County Health Department astir COVID-19 conditions and the surge of the much contagious Delta variant,” the territory said successful a connection signed by Superintendent Christopher Smith. “Tri-County stated successful a missive today that it is not harmless for students younger than 12 years aged to be schoolhouse without a mask, arsenic they are not yet eligible to person the vaccine astatine this time.”

More than 90% of students successful sixth people are successful the under-12 property group, the territory said, and  masks volition beryllium required until further notice.

“Safety is our highest priority, and the extremity is to support in-person learning,” the connection said.  “This disguise request volition assistance america support schools unfastened and students successful classrooms.”

All territory students and unit are required to deterioration masks connected schoolhouse buses careless of vaccination status. The CDC bid requires look masks connected nationalist proscription and astatine proscription hubs.

“While masks are not mandatory for students successful people 7 and supra astatine this time, it is powerfully recommended that each students and unit deterioration masks wrong schoolhouse buildings careless of vaccination status.”

The territory said it plans to show conditions, travel section and authorities guidance connected COVID-19 and marque adjustments arsenic needed.