Boston school officials are asking students and staff to voluntarily wear face masks for eight days upon their return after New Year’s Day.
Superintendent Mary Skipper made the request, which falls short of a mask mandate, on Friday, despite requests from some parents and activists for stronger measures.
“We’ve seen the impacts of significant staffing shortages, student absences, and the loss of critical learning time, so, we are asking our school communities to wear masks temporarily,” Skipper said in a statement. “While this is not a mandate, we’re really leaning on everyone to work together to follow our temporary protocol to ensure we are collectively doing our part to mitigate the risk of exposure for our students and staff in an effort to keep everyone safe as best we can.
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