LEONARDTOWN, Md. — A letter was recently sent out to parents of St. Mary’s County Public Schools students who have children attending summer programming, imposing new masking regulations on children going in-person.
After citing new guidance from the CDC, which reinstates masking protocols for public indoor settings in places that risk spreading COVID-19, SMCPS says in their letter that they are taking the St. Mary’s County Health Department’s “strong recommendation” to consider reissuing masking guidelines.
The new guidance, which goes into effect on August 2, includes the following:
- All students in grades PreK-8 attending in-person will be required to wear masks while inside a school building.
- All students will continue to be required to wear masks while on school buses.
High school students and adults who are involved in the school system but have been fully vaccinated will not be required to wear face coverings indoors. All SMCPS employees and eligible students who haven’t been vaccinated are “expected to wear masks when indoors and are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated by the beginning of school.”
This is a developing story. We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
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