Dec. 16, 2021

Elementary school students in the Anoka-Hennepin School District will no longer be required to wear face masks beginning Jan. 18, the superintendent told the school board this week.

The state’s largest school district still recommends masking to help prevent person-to-person transmission of COVID-19, said Superintendent David Law. Masks will continue to be required on district school buses, according to federal mandate.

Law told the school board that, although county case rates continue to climb, students are getting infected with the virus at much lower rates.

“Our rationale in August was when our youngest students could get vaccinated, we would shift that back to what we’re doing at the secondary level,” he said.

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