The Camden City School District
is the latest to say they will be keeping masks on after March 7, and according to Gov. Phil Murphy – it’s their
call.
The news comes days after the
governor announced plans to
lift mask mandates in New Jersey schools.
Newark was the first district
to announce they'd continue mask mandates in schools, but still, most districts are expected to make them optional.
Gov. Murphy spoke nationally
about lifting the mandate.
"As best we can tell right now this thing is going from pandemic to
endemic and we felt it is the responsible step to take to allow districts to if
they so choose based on their local health realities working with their local
health officers to make decisions on their own,” says Gov. Murphy. “My gut
tells me particularly as we get into warmer weather in the spring and assuming
the virus continues to go in the right direction, you'll have the overwhelming
amount of districts and lifting the mandate."
Murphy has implemented some
of the strictest measures in the nation.
Once the mandate is gone, it'll be the first time students across the
state will head to class without masks in almost two years