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VOL. 69 NO. 25
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School districts look to clarify mask policies
MacArthur advances to county finals By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com
For the fourth time in six seasons, MacArthur has advanced to the Nassau County softball finals. The fourth-seeded Generals limped into the playoffs on a seven-game losing skid but ripped off three straight wins in the Class A tour nament to reach the best-of-three championship series against No. 2 Mepham. Last Friday, MacArthur got a pair of two-run homers off the bat of junior Chiara Nappo and solid pitching from sophomore Taylor Brunn to defeat No. 8 Long Beach, 6-3. “We’re on a run and there’s no place we’d rather be than in the finals,” MacArthur coach Bob Fehrenbach said. “The re gular season wasn’t what we hoped for. When you’re in the top abilityCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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he time has long passed to end the mask mandates in our school.
Christina Daly/Herald
MACARTHUR SOPHOMORE PITCHER Taylor Brunn opened the playoffs with a three-hit shutout over Bethpage.
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by the [Department of Health] to continue to mandate the use of masks indoors in all school After a year of taking precau- buildings,” Wantagh School Distions like mask wearing and trict Superintendent John social distancing, many were McNamara said. “However, the surprised to learn that fully vac- use of masks outdoors on school cinated people, according to the grounds is no longer mandated. Centers for Disease As a result, students Control and Prevenand staff will not be tion, could leave required to wear masks at home in masks outdoors at most cases. all district schools.” Amid the news McNamara added last month, along that as the weather with the widened elicontinues to warm, gibility of the Pfizer frequent outdoor Covid-19 vaccine for mask breaks and the children as young as use of outdoor spac12, parents began es for instruction asking about the polwill be encouraged. icies of their chil“Thank you for your CHRISTOPHER dren’s schools. But continued patience students, with the CARINI and support as we last day of school Councilman, work through the approaching, cannot Town of Hempstead final days of this ditch masks just yet. challenging school Though school year,” he wrote to districts can lift the state Office district parents, faculty and stuof Children and Family Servic- dents. es’ and Department of Health’s In the Seaford School District, requirement of mask use out- Superintendent Dr. Adele V. Pecdoors, students over age 5 must ora told district families and faccontinue to wear masks indoors. ulty that the district would fol“As you may be aware, Gover- low guidance set by the state. nor Cuomo made an announce- “Effective immediately, students ment . . . that all school districts will be able to remove their in New York state are required CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
By JENNIFER CORR
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