Biggest Kansas school district: No mask mandate for students

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The largest school district in Kansas will not require students and staff to wear masks indoors despite the threat posed by COVID-19′s more contagious delta variant. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Wichita school board instead decided to strongly recommend that students and staff wear masks whether or not they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 but to require visitors to wear masks inside. The board’s vote for that policy Monday night was 4-3. The district’s students are returning to classes this week. Kansas has seen new COVID-19 cases rise steadily over the past seven weeks as the delta variant has become more widespread.