Some students are celebrating not having to wear a mask at school in Arlington Heights.
St. Viator High School students were greeted with high-fives from staff, welcoming students back after two days of remote instruction.They were told to put on a mask or go home. Some remained in the school gym for the day. on Gov. JB Pritzker’s state mask mandate.
Some public schools named in that lawsuit immediately made masks optional. But the archdiocese did not change policy until late Tuesday, informing parents that COVID cases and quarantine numbers are low and conditions are right for change. St. Viator students feel they have won a victory. The school policy does not apply to Catholic schools in Chicago, Oak Park and Evanston, where local masking mandates apply.
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