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Under the revised plan, masking students and staff will be optional. However, masks will continue to be required on school buses. “I strongly support all students and staff to wear masks and get vaccinations,” he said. “Quarantining is not an issue with me but how to keep students in school.” Edmonds said, “All we can do to keep kids in the classroom, we should do.”

Voting in favor were Charles “Chip” Edmonds, Hal Gee, Christina Kiessling, Robert Leidhecker, Marissa Moore, Carolyn Strickland and Michael Zicolello. Melvin Wentzel voted against. The board voted 7-1 in favor of the revised plan after hearing several administrators speak to the difficulty of educating students during the pandemic.

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Wentzel said his concern is to keep everyone safe. In addition, the district will no longer contact trace close contacts in the school setting.

Quarantining students forces them to miss valuable classroom time. “These kids are losing fundamental skills they need,” he said. Elementary principal Matthew Johnson said a considerable amount of time has been spent in contact tracing.

“I think we are struggling with that now,” he said. Superintendent Gerald McLauglin said the goal of the district is to help students reach their full potential.

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