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Texas big-city schools are dropping their mask mandates in response to new CDC guidelines

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As the omicron surge dwindles, school district officials move to lift mask mandates.

than at any point during the previous school year. The number of delta cases fell in December as the omicron wave appeared, and several districts temporarily closed or altered operations to compensate for staff shortages due to the uptick in COVID-19 cases in January.But now, the omicron surge is subsiding. Hospitalizations are declining statewide after omicron drove them to near-record labels.

Candice Castillo, executive officer of student support services in Houston ISD, said recent data points to a dramatic downturn. In a district with about 195,000 students, there are 46 active cases, a 90% decrease in cases from the peak of omicron.

 

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