THE ALTOONA MIRROR REPORTS TODAY THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO END MASKING REQUIREMENTS AND CONTRACT TRACING IN THE DISTRICT. THE VOTE PUTS INTO MOTION A PLAN TO END ALL REQUIREMENTS AND TRACING BY FEBRUARY 23rd. ANYONE WHO DOES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID, WILL STILL HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR 5 DAYS, BUT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO MASK UP WHEN THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL. ONE PARENT WHO SPOKE AT THE MEETING SAID THAT THE COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE GIVING SOME THE POWER TO BULLY THEIR KIDS. ONE BOARD MEMBER SAID THAT THE COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE “NONSENSICAL” AND THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS THING LONG ENOUGH.
