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“Starting Wednesday, March 16, masks will be optional for students, staff, and visitors in DC Public Schools”

By Prince Of Petworth

From DCPS:

“Throughout the pandemic, DC Public Schools has implemented a layered approach to limiting the spread of COVID-19 in our schools, anchored in the guidance provided by DC Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Earlier this week, DC Health released updated guidance for educational facilities. Under the new guidance, masks are no longer required indoors or outdoors at schools when COVID-19 community levels are low based on CDC metrics.

Consistent with this guidance and the current low levels in the District, starting Wednesday, March 16, masks will be optional for students, staff, and visitors in DC Public Schools, DCPS offices, and on OSSE-DOT transportation. This policy will apply to all school-related activities. (more…)

Starting Friday Mask Mandate Ends at Smithsonian Museums including the Zoo and Starting Monday the Zoo and Natural History Museum will be open 7 days a week!

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by angela n.

From the Smithsonian:

“Beginning Friday, March 11, the Smithsonian will no longer require visitors to wear a mask to visit its museums and the National Zoo. Visitors may choose to wear a mask during their visit. This change reflects recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local and national guidelines around masking indoors.

The Smithsonian will also begin a gradual transition to museums being open more days per week. Starting Monday, March 14, the National Museum of Natural History and the National Zoo will be open to the public seven days a week. (more…)

“Cloth Face Masks – Now What?”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Tim Brown

“Dear PoPville,

With an extra day this holiday weekend, I took the time to sort through my family’s masks and I now have a large number of cloth masks ready to give away or repurpose. I offered them to my local Buy Nothing group, but no takers yet. All the ideas I found online involve sewing (coin purses, collars, gift card holders, patches, quilts), but my sewing skills are limited to attaching buttons. What are others doing with their extra cloth masks?”

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