San Marcos Consolidated ISD will “highly recommend” the use of face coverings in the classroom as it prepares for the upcoming school year.
SMCISD Director of Safety and Health Services Doug Wozniak unveiled the district’s preliminary Rattler Return Plan during a special-called board of trustees meeting Monday. Wozniak said the district understands that it cannot enforce the use of face masks because of an executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott banning school districts from being able to mandate face masks. But the district will encourage masks in the classrooms and on bus transportation.
“We’re going to highly recommend masks. We’re not going to run from that topic and, you know, try to pretend that we don’t know what has been said and what has been recommended,” Wozniak said. “So, we’re going to make sure that our messaging includes ‘strongly encouraged’ — those words.”
