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Massachusetts Association of School t'Qmm►tte" MIAS4 )raft Updated Face Coverings Tolley <br /> (including suggested edits from the Superintendent)--for review by the Policy Subcommittee <br /> File: EBCFA <br /> FACE COVERINGS <br /> The Mashpee Public Schools District is committed to providing a safe environment in schools during the <br /> ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining a safe environment is critical to the District's ability to ensure <br /> students remain in a fill-time classroom learning environment. <br /> According to public health experts, one of the best ways to stop the spread of coronavirus and to keep members <br /> of our school community safe is the use of face masks or face coverings. Therefore, in accordance with <br /> guidance and recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Department of Elementary and <br /> Secondary Education (DESE) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), the following <br /> requirements are in place until further notice, <br /> • A face covering that covers the nose and mouth is strongly recommended to be worn by individuals who <br /> remain unvaccinated or are otherwise immunocompromised inside school buildings, even when social <br /> distancing is observed. <br /> • Vaccinated individuals may wear a face covering that covers the nose and mouth in school, if desired. <br /> • Students and staff returning from a 5-day isolation following a positive COVID test or a quarantine <br /> post-COVID exposure must follow strict mask use, other than when eating, drinking, or outside, and <br /> conduct active monitoring for symptoms, through day 10 of isolation or exposure or until COVID <br /> symptoms resolve. <br /> • Masks will be required in all school health offices, medical waiting rooms and in-school COVID testing <br /> locations. <br /> • By federal public health order, all students and staff are required to wear a mask on school buses. <br /> Guidance Statements: <br /> Massachusetts Department of Public Health: fit tps;/lwww mass goy/in fr►-(jetails/covid-I9-mask-requ ire ments- <br /> mask-requiremeL�ls in-certain-locations-hops %lsearah mass; og vf?q—schoolhealth+offices <br /> Center for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance for Covid-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools Updated <br /> January 13, 2022:https•//www cdc gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-gu!dance.html <br /> Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Fall 2021 Covid-19 Guidance Updated <br /> February 9, 2022: littps://ww uire► ot-u)date.pdf <br /> SOURCE: MASC-- February 10, 2022 <br /> Mashpee Public Schools— <br />