Winston-Salem & Forsyth County Schools issued the following announcement on October 29.
OCTOBER 29, 2021 – At the Oct. 28 meeting of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education, the members of the Board of Education voted to continue to have everyone wear a mask for another month.
The vote came after a presentation by Katie Key, is the WS/FCS Director of School Nursing.
Key reported that, in the most recent four-week reporting period, the total the number of COVID-19 cases among students and staff members has gone down.
In the most-recent reporting period, 679 students and 103 staff members had COVID-19 for a total number of 782 cases.
In the previous reporting period, a total of 1,114 students and staff had COVID-19.
“You can see your numbers have gone down,” Key said.
If a community is in the “high” or “substantial” category, the state recommends that everyone wear masks and that is still the case for Forsyth County.
When a community’s transmissions are classified as “moderate” for 7 days, masks could be considered optional for students who have been vaccinated.
If the community’s transmissions are classified as “low,” masks could be considered optional for everyone.
If you want to watch Katie Key’s presentation, view the Board Of Education Meeting meeting video - beginning at 1 hour and 51 minutes into the board meeting.
Original source can be found here.
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