As State Mask Rules End, School Leaders Are In The Middle
FILE — Students get off the bus at Roseway Heights Middle School on the first day of in-person hybrid learning, April 19, 2021, in Portland, Ore. The governors of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey and Oregon this week announced plans to lift mask mandates in schools by the end of February or March, as COVID-19's omicron surge fades. (Craig Mitchelldyer/AP Images for Portland Public Schools, File)
As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks…



