Henderson Schools Drop Mask Mandate

Evansville IN

21 February, 2022

9:42 AM

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By John Gibson, WNIN February 21, 2022 The Henderson County school district has joined a growing list of schools dropping mask mandates. Masks have become optional for students and staff in Henderson County Schools. On its Facebook page, the district said it made the decision based on current hospital capacity, the community's COVID-19 incident rate, positive cases among students and staff, quarantines, vaccine data, and a staff survey. Masks will still be required on school buses per federal mandate. The Henderson County school district says it will continue to monitor school and community COVID numbers. Officials said the highest priorities are keeping everyone safe and maintaining in-person learning. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.