Masks will be optional in Henderson County Public Schools starting Tuesday morning after a unanimous school board vote on Monday.
The Henderson County Board of Public Education voted 7-0 to make masks optional during its Feb. 14 meeting.
Several Western North Carolina school districts are set to reconsider their masking policies Tuesday. It comes as the latest COVID-19 surge, fueled by the omicron variant, begins to subside and case numbers decline.
A spokesperson for HCPS says the district plans to communicate the changes that are effective tomorrow immediately following the conclusion of Monday's board meeting.
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