Here’s s list of how other districts are loosening COVID rules:

- - Blanchester Local Schools (Ohio): Students and staff can remove masks when outdoors and on buses with an open window. Students and staff will be able to remove masks inside on June 1, WHIO-TV reported.
  - Effingham County School District (Georgia): "The mask is moving from mandatory to optional for our staff members," Superintendent Yancy Ford told WTOC 11.
  - Evans County School System (Georgia): Administrators lifted all COVID-19 mandates and restrictions on May 3, after having not received any reports of COVID cases among students or stsff since late March, The Claxton Enterprise reported.
  - Hays USD 489 (Kansas): Students and staff no longer have to wear masks at their desks, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. They will have to wear masks when in food lines, entering school buildings and congregating in hallways. The district will also stop taking students’ temperatures each morning.
  - Johnson City Schools (Tennessee): K-4 elementary school students can take off masks when seated at their desks but have them put them back on in common areas, WJHL.com reported.

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