A South Bay school district may be the last in the state to require its students to wear masks in school.
San Jose’s Alum Rock School District will no longer require masks inside classrooms when school resumes after next week’s winter break.
The district says the extra precaution has paid off but it reserves the right to pivot if the COVID infection numbers start heading in the other direction again.
“I’m very grateful and very proud of what we have been able to do by holding out and wearing masks until the very last moment,” said superintendent Dr. Hilaria Bauer.
California’s COVID state of emergency is set to expire