MILLARD STUDENTS LIKELY WEAR MASKS IN THE FALL, AND OTHER DISTRICTS HAVEN'T RULED IT OUT

MILLARD- Students in the Millard Public Schools will likely be wearing masks at school in the fall and could face other substantial changes because of COVID-19. The district has ordered 60,000 masks, two masks for every teacher and student, officials said.

There would be some exceptions to wearing masks — for instance, medically fragile children, an official said. The school board was briefed Monday on the district’s preliminary plans for reopening buildings for the 2020-21 school year. Under the plans floated by district administrators, kids would be washing and sanitizing hands repeatedly throughout the day, coming and going from classes.

“We are ordering buckets and gallons of hand sanitizer,” said Chad Meisgeier, the district’s chief financial officer.

Teachers and paraprofessionals would be asked to help wipe down desks between every class period.

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