Thank you for your effort in the past two weeks to keep as many people attending school in person. Our school will no longer require universal masking beginning 2/3/2022. However, we strongly encourage face coverings indoors at school. Factors that impacted this decision include reduction of positive COVID-19 cases in schools; less identified close contacts and a lower student absenteeism rate; available staffing and substitute teachers; local hospital and ICU capacity; community transmission rates, and ability to physical distance in our school.