Trustees split on mask requirement

Administrators pause rule on day set to go into effect

  • The MFISD officials, from left, Gary Boshears, Larry Berkman, Mandy McCary, Rick Edwards, Kevin Naumann, Superintendent Chris Allen, Alex Payson and Kevin Virdell discussed and voted Aug. 30 on mandating masks at schools after a recent closure. File photo
    The MFISD officials, from left, Gary Boshears, Larry Berkman, Mandy McCary, Rick Edwards, Kevin Naumann, Superintendent Chris Allen, Alex Payson and Kevin Virdell discussed and voted Aug. 30 on mandating masks at schools after a recent closure. File photo
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  • The experiences of students and educators on the first day of the reinstated mask mandate Sept. 1 were varied throughout the Marble Falls Independent School District campuses. At Marble Falls Elementary School students were still greeted with warmth by teachers. As some Marble Falls Middle School students exited the buses, they may or may not have been wearing masks, however, teachers at entryways offered them to those students. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander
    The experiences of students and educators on the first day of the reinstated mask mandate Sept. 1 were varied throughout the Marble Falls Independent School District campuses. At Marble Falls Elementary School students were still greeted with warmth by teachers. As some Marble Falls Middle School students exited the buses, they may or may not have been wearing masks, however, teachers at entryways offered them to those students. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander
The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 4-3 in favor of requiring the wearing of face coverings by students and staff at all district campuses, effective Sept. 1, after virus cases closed an elementary school last week. On Wednesday, Sept. 1, the district placed a moratorium on enforcement of the mandate after public response to the vote. MFISD Superintendent Chris…

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