School board approves COVID plans for upcoming year

The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees during a special meeting in Havre Middle School Tuesday unanimously approved a series of motions including plans on how to handle the upcoming school year.

The board followed the recommendations of Superintendent Craig Mueller, including on extending the district's declaration of emergency, making masks optional during the next school year and amending requirements on physical distancing to three feet and amending requirements on playgrounds, removing the requirement of staff having to greet children outside of the schools as they arrive, removing...