Students in  Oakland and Wayne counties (plus roughly half of all K-12 students in the state) must begin the fall semester wearing a mask, FOX 2 reported.

Although numerous districts in Oakland County begin today and this week, students in Wayne County don’t have to go back until next week, the article added — but both counties have to wear masks in the classrooms..

“I am deeply proud of our teachers who are committed and to our administrators to do everything possible to keep kids in school because we know important it is for them to rely on,” said Jamii Hitchcock, the superintendent of Oak Park schools in the article. “Not only education but mental health services, medical services, we provide in our school district and just that interpersonal relationship with classmates and teachers.”

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