Mask Mandate Extended For DART Services
Dallas Area Rapid Transit extended its face mask requirement until May 3.
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CDC Could Loosen Mask Guidance
As COVID cases and hospitalizations drop, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could loosen its guidance on indoor masking as early as this week, according to Good Morning America.
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Dallas ISD to Lift Mask Mandate Feb. 28
Citing improving data on COVID-19 cases, Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa told trustees Thursday that the district would soon lift its mask mandate.
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HPISD ‘Strongly Encourages’ Masking Amid Omicron Surge
Before students returned to classes this week and amid a surge in COVID-19 cases attributed to the Omicron variant, Highland Park ISD sent a message to students and staff to “strongly encourage the wearing of facial coverings” for the first couple weeks after returning from break.
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Dallas ISD: Masks Remain Mandatory Through Spring Break
Dallas ISD will delay a switch to a “mask recommended” policy, and Medical City Healthcare says 60% of its ECMO cases last year were COVID-19 patients.
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Favorites of 2021: A Student Talks Masks
As the school year began, there was not yet a vaccine for the youngest students returning to the classroom — and there was a great deal of legal wrangling around whether school districts could require masks.
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Dallas ISD Mask Mandate Extended to Martin Luther King Day
Superintendent Hinojosa announced Friday that Dallas ISD’s mask mandate will remain in effect until Martin Luther King Day, which falls on Jan. 17.
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Mask Rebellion
Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa was facing a new school year situated firmly, it seemed, between a rock and a hard place.
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Grown Ups (and Masks) Should Keep Kids Safe
Fifth grader (and People Newspaper’s youngest intern) John Erickson explains his feelings about his return to school.
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Can’t Mask Emotions
During a four-hour session in a meeting room packed with neighbors divided over COVID-19 protocols, a high school junior stepped up to plead with Highland Park ISD trustees.
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HPISD Again Mulls Mask Policy; No Changes Made
After a nearly four-hour-long meeting Saturday ,the community remained divided on the subject and the district’s policy on masks remained unchanged.
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