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USD 506 board adopts building-level mask mandate when a school27s COVID-19 rate reaches 2%
Summary
At a special Aug. 19 meeting, the Labette County USD 506 board approved a motion to make masks mandatory in any individual school building where the student or staff COVID-19 positivity rate reaches 2% or higher; the mandate lasts 10 calendar days and will be monitored daily by district administration.
Board member Justin Bebb moved the board to adopt a condition-based mask policy for Labette County Unified School District (USD) 506 at a special meeting Aug. 19, 2021. Bebb proposed that "Masks are strongly encouraged within all USD 506 buildings. If the student and/or staff Covid-19 positivity rate in a respective individual building equals (2%) or higher on any given day masks will automatically become mandatory. The mask mandate will become effective for a period of 10-calendar days. USD 506 administration will monitor the positivity rate in each respective building daily. Masks will again become optional if the positivity rate falls below (2%) after the initial 10-day period," and Rich Falkenstien seconded the motion.
The board recorded the motion as carried, 5-2. The policy sets a per-building trigger: when the school-specific student and/or staff positivity rate reaches or exceeds 2% on any day, masks become mandatory in that building for 10 calendar days; district administration will monitor positivity rates daily and may return a building to optional masking if rates fall below 2% after the initial 10-day period. The motion text assigns operational monitoring to USD 506 administration; the transcript does not specify additional enforcement mechanisms or which staff positions will carry out daily monitoring.
The special meeting was held at the Curran Administrative Office in Altamont, Kan., on Aug. 19, 2021. The motion was moved by Board member Justin Bebb and seconded by Board member Rich Falkenstien. The transcript records the vote tally as 5-2 but does not list individual yes/no votes in the record provided. The board did not record further procedural steps for appeal or review in the minutes excerpt provided.
