Kanawha County School Board members on Monday voted 3 to 2 to require children from preschool through fifth grade to wear masks at school, while leaving children from sixth grade to 12th grade with the choice to wear one.

With the first day for Kanawha public school students coming Monday, board members discussed options for a mask policy, including a blanket policy, requiring only children not eligible for the vaccine to wear masks, having only elementary school-aged children wear masks or letting the choice ultimately fall on parents and children. Currently, only children 12 or older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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