REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Two central Ohio school boards voted to drop their mask requirements on Monday.
The Reynoldsburg school board voted unanimously to drop its mask requirement and Grandview Heights also voted to rescind its mandate for staff and students.
The decisions come just days after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines to allow most healthy Americans, including school children, to take a break from wearing masks.
Reynoldsburg originally put in the mask requirement in August for students in pre-K through 12th grade and staff members. The requirement was due to the surge of the delta variant and was kept in place as the omicron variant moved through.
The CDC offered a new color-coded map last week that designates counties as either orange, yellow or green. In counties that are green and yellow, local officials can drop indoor masking rules.
Franklin County was listed in the "yellow" category last week.
To view a full list of where central Ohio school districts stand on mask requirements, click here.