Kansas schools are weighing whether to keep or reimpose mask mandates as the omicron coronavirus variant sends case numbers soaring to record levels straining hospitals.
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In suburban Kansas City, the board for the 27,000-student Shawnee Mission school district narrowly voted Monday night to allow a mask-optional policy to take effect for middle- and high-schoolers when classes resume Wednesday. The crowd interrupted so frequently that the board president twice shut the meeting down before removing the audience.
In the Manhattan-Ogden district, the school board voted Monday to reinstate a districtwide mask mandate.