School district to continue requiring masks until transmission rates fall

The Carson City School District announced Tuesday it will continue to require all individuals, including students, employees, parents, vendors, volunteers, visitors and guests, to wear face coverings when indoors and when on school buses.

The temporary mask requirement for students will remain in effect until county transmission rates fall to the “Low” category for two consecutive weeks.

The requirement had been put into place on Sept. 2 in response to increased student exclusions, which have reached up to 526 in the past month, Stokes reported Tuesday.
Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for close contacts, only those were within 3 to 6 feet of infected students would be considered close contacts, if the infected student and the exposed students wore well-fitting masks. If any infected student was not wearing a mask, then an entire class may need to be excluded from school and quarantined for a 10-day period. Vaccinated students do not need to be excluded or quarantined nor do students wearing masks, sitting more than 3 to 6 feet of the infected students.