Beginning Friday, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 will require all teachers, staff, students and visitors to wear masks at any indoor USD 383 facility, regardless of vaccination status, according to a statement from the school district Thursday morning.
"This significant mitigation measure is consistent with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control in response to rapidly increasing COVID numbers across the country," USD 383 said in their statement.
USD 305 Salina made a similar decision on Tuesday.
More information will be distributed in a Superintendent Letter to Families and Staff by Tuesday, August 3, and a revised USD 383 Pandemic Response Plan will be presented as an informational item during the August 4, 2021 meeting of the USD 383 Board of Education.
We are thankful that schools will soon be open five days per week for all students, and look forward to the future when vaccinations will be available to children under the age of twelve. In the meantime, we want to remind everyone that the two most important things we can do to keep our community safe from COVID is to get vaccinated when you are eligible and to wear a mask indoors.