Students in the Washington School District will be wearing masks from the first day of school on August 30th until at least September 20th when the school board will re-examine the issue. The board voted 7-2 Monday to require masks for all indoor school activities and K-12 classrooms until the next voting board meeting on September 20th. Students will not be required to be masked for outdoor activities or at the stadium. The Washington School Board held a special zoom meeting at noon to approve some final staff changes for the upcoming school year, and to revisit the issue of masks. The district’s original Health and Safety Plan for the 2021-22 School Year was submitted to the state earlier in the summer before the numbers of cases began increasing again. Several teachers and board members on the Zoom call expressed their concerns about the safety of all and urged the board to vote for the mandatory masks, while two parents (a husband and wife) expressed their discontent, urging the choice of masking to be made by parents. Families are being notified by the district of the revised policy.