Clear Creek ISD's COVID-19 protocols, including masking, to remain in effect

Abbott's Executive Order GA-34 lifts the state's mask mandate, effective March 10, and notes that "public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency.” (Courtesy Pexels)

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By Colleen Ferguson | 6:52 PM Mar 2, 2021 CST | Updated 6:52 PM Mar 2, 2021 CST

Clear Creek ISD Superintendent Eric Williams told parents and staff March 2 the district will continue to abide by its current public health protocols, including a face covering requirement, following Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that Texans will soon no longer be required by state law to wear a mask in public.

Abbott's Executive Order GA-34 lifts the state's mask mandate and eliminates any COVID-19-related capacity restrictions for all businesses and establishments, effective March 10. The executive order notes that "public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency.”

Additional guidance on masking in schools could come from TEA as soon as this week, Williams said in his message to the CCISD community. However, as of the evening of March 2, "all current CCISD public health protocols will remain in effect at CCISD facilities and during CCISD events," he wrote.

Students as developmentally appropriate, staff and visitors staff are required to wear a face mask or face covering when entering a CCISD facility per current health guidelines. Other regulations in place include students and staff being required to take the district's COVID-19 Health Assessment prior to arrival on campus each day.

Click here for more from Abbott's announcement on March 2.

By Colleen Ferguson

A native central New Yorker, Colleen Ferguson worked as an editorial intern with the Cy-Fair and Lake Houston | Humble | Kingwood editions of Community Impact before joining the Bay Area team in 2020. Colleen graduated from Syracuse University in 2019, where she worked for the campus's independent student newspaper The Daily Orange, with a degree in Newspaper and Online Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a degree in Spanish language and culture. Colleen previously interned with The Journal News/lohud, where she covered the commute in the greater New York City area.

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