CPS CEO Pedro Martinez announced the move last week, saying the current COVID data and advice from public health experts indicate it is safe to do so.
Bare-faced Chicago Public Schools students sent home as district moves toward mask-optional policy
However, Martinez is also encouraging students at schools with low vaccination rates to continue wearing masks. Vaccination rates remain low in several South and West side schools. Over a third of schools have fewer than 25% of their students fully vaccinated, and only 10% of schools have 70% of their students fully vaccinated, according to aOverall, 49% of age eligible CPS students are fully vaccinated. But that number is driven up by schools, many on the North Side, with high rates. Northside College Prep being the highest at 89%, and the lowest is Penn Elementary on the West Side at 5%.
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