The Archdiocese of Chicago will make masks optional in schools in areas not covered by a local mandate, such as Chicago starting on Thursday.
In a letter to parents send Tuesday night, Archdiocese of Chicago Superintendent of Schools Greg Richmond announced that cases are low enough to make masks optional.
"Currently, we have no classrooms in quarantine anywhere in our Archdiocese and we have no schools that have more than 3% of their students currently testing positive," Richmond said."In fact, nearly half of our schools are reporting no cases at all. This has been a dramatic drop within the past few weeks.Masks will still be required in areas where there is a local mandate, including Chicago, Oak Park and Evanston.
In schools where masks are optional, students coming out of isolation and quarantine must continue to wear a mask for five days. Richmond said the Archdiocese will monitor schools and may go back to wearing masks temporarily if there is a significant increase in COVID levels.principal at a south suburban Catholic school was removedIt's unclear if Queen of Martyrs principal M. Jacob"Doc" Mathius was placed on administrative leave or fired. The Archdiocese of Chicago would only say that they do not discuss personnel matters.
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