Washington D.C., Mar 9, 2022 / 17:30 pm
Masks are no longer mandatory at Catholic schools in Washington, D.C., the Archdiocese of Washington announced Wednesday.
The move came in response to the city’s health department’s decision March 8 ending an indoor mask mandate at schools.
Superintendent of Catholic schools Kelly Branaman said in a March 9 statement that the transition to drop masks will occur between March 9 and March 14 “depending on the needs of each school’s leaders to prepare.”
Because the archdiocese has schools located both inside and outside the city, it was able to lift the mask mandate in its Maryland schools in February.