The Haines Borough School District Board will vote on updated school mitigation protocols at a special meeting next week after hearing recommendations from superintendent Roy Getchell Tuesday.
As COVID-19 delta variant cases continue to rise in Alaska, Getchell proposed beginning the year with more conservative mitigation measures including universal masking, but reassessing as more information becomes available.
“We started last year cautiously,” Getchell said. “I would advise that we start that way again.”
Proposed mitigations…