Mask Mandate Lifted For D70 Staff, Students

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — The District 70 Board of Education voted 5-2 Monday in favor of no longer requiring masks for staff, visitors and students.

The school district will continue to require quarantine for close contacts of those who test positive for COVID-19 and weekly COVID testing of employees who are not vaccinated, school officials announced Tuesday.

Masks will no longer be required in all District 70 schools and offices. Masks are still required for bus riders.

"While there will be people in our community who will be happy with the board’s decision, there also will be those who will not be happy. That is to be expected," according to a statement from District 70. "We must all continue to model civility, kindness, and respect on behalf of our greatest natural resource–our children–and expect the same from them during this time of transition."