Nearly all NC school districts now requiring face masks due to surge in COVID cases

[Loudninja]

Nearly all of North Carolina's school districts are now requiring face masks to be worn because of soaring COVID numbers that are causing some schools and entire districts to switch temporarily to online classes.

At the beginning of August, the majority of the state's 115 school districts had planned to open the school year not requiring face masks. But a month later, only a handful of school districts are not requiring masks. Dozens of districts reversed their plans to go mask optional.

"As of this morning, we are up to 106 of the 115 school districts have moved to masking requirements, and that covers about 94% of our children in our public school system," Dr. Betsey Tilson, the state health director, said at Thursday's State Board of Education meeting. "There has been a lot of movement as we have gone forward, with about 46% of districts changing their policies within the past couple of weeks."

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Schools are dealing with the delta variant, which is three times more contagious than the original coronavirus strain. Tilson said that 99% of the state's COVID spread is from the delta variant.

"We are seeing now the highest cases increase in our younger people," Tilson said.

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https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article253928068.html

 

[mjc]

Bunch of idiots who thought they knew better, only took them a month to reverse it.

 

[Quinton]

Thank god I live in Durham. We've got idiots here, of course, but it's a little bastion of blue in the Red Sea. People here generally take shit seriously.

At the beginning of August, the majority of the state's 115 school districts had planned to open the school year not requiring face masks. But a month later, only a handful of school districts are not requiring masks. Dozens of districts reversed their plans to go mask optional.

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no one could have seen this coming

 

[Indy in the Fridge]

Cooper did a piss poor job of communicating anything weeks prior to the start of school. He's been mum since the vaccines became available. Really disappointed in him honestly.

 

[Godfather]

Fucking clown shoes. Just a damn ounce of forethought could prevent so much tragedy.

 

[Hasseigaku]

NC is lucky to not have its previous shitty governor during all this. He probably would have disallowed local mandates.

 

[Kyrios]

Almost like that comment you read on Facebook or that YouTube video you watched doesn't know shit about viruses...almost like we should be listening to people who are qualified and know what they are doing and not my neighbor that barely finished high school.

 

[The Climaxan]

Guilford County checking in. We where masking from the jump. Randolph, the county next to us didn't and their schools were on fire with Covid almost immediately. "Educators" my ass. I knew this would happen.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

Health industries is gonna get so much money from these states when they can start charging for long covid symptoms.

 

[Drek]

Buncombe county was masks from day one, but is also one of the few islands of blue in the state. Probably wouldn't have sent me kid if they didn't, but thats a rare luxury for a lot of people.

 

[Fuzzy]

"But I wished so hard, why didn't it work?"

 

[FunkyStudent]

Guilford County checking in. We where masking from the jump. Randolph, the county next to us didn't and their schools were on fire with Covid almost immediately. "Educators" my ass. I knew this would happen.

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I live in Greensboro (Guilford), but work in Northern Randolph. The contrast is STARK. It's very much along urban/rural lines with suburbs leaning towards the rural approach.

 

[mute]

Son started year round in Wake in early July and I want to say it was masked required to start with here too.

 

[HiLife]

I'd imagine more of these articles will come out come winter time. At least I hope.

 

[Cth]

You should check out the PTSO Facebook groups.. some legit crazy parents out there. Vocal minority for sure.

I figured it wasn't over, glad we decided to enroll in Virtual Academy this year before the rush happens.

 

[Arkeband]

Our daughter's daycare on the border of SC/NC had a positive case over a week ago, thankfully the classrooms are super separate so it only affected one room on the end and I haven't heard of any other kids being symptomatic. I worry about how her elementary school will be able to maintain that kind of strictness.