Warren Consolidated Schools to Require Masks for All Students and Staff

WARREN, me. – Michigan school districts choose to require masks or let them be optional.

Warren Consolidated Schools will require students and staff to wear masks indoors. Officials believe the mask requirement will save lives.

The school district has seven board members. They did not vote on a mask mandate, but Superintendent Robert Livernois said he made the decision with the full support of the board.

“We are really in a no-win situation given the polarization of this issue,” said Livernois.

Citing a lack of state guidance, the school district said implementing a mask warrant was not an easy decision but it was necessary.

There are 14,000 students in the district, making it the 10th largest in the state.

“We have hundreds of students, maybe even thousands in our district who have asthma or underlying illnesses,” Livernois said. “I have to prioritize this first.”

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School officials are also concerned about the rapid spread of the delta variant.

Read: Tracking Michigan School Districts and Colleges Requiring Masks for the 2021-2022 School Year

Watch the full interview with Livernois below: