Board meeting tonight canceled

NORWALK — The Norwalk City Schools Board of Education special meeting scheduled for Monday night was canceled. The meeting was canceled to allow the board further time to consider the implications of the statement released over the weekend by Gov. Mike DeWine. Here is a letter sent to the schools from Gov. DeWine: Dear Education Leader, Thank you for your hard work this year to provide safe and healthy in-person educational opportunities to Ohio's students. As you may have seen, the Centers for Disease Control recently revised their recommendations around mask guidance for individuals who are fully vaccinated. While Ohio will be amending its health orders to comply with this new CDC guidance, in order to maintain consistency and model safe behavior for Ohio's students, these changes do not affect the existing order requiring the use of facial coverings and other health protocols in our schools. With limited numbers of students vaccinated, it is important that we continue these safety measures through the end of the current school year. I appreciate the efforts that you have undertaken locally to protect students and I look forward to continuing to work together for Ohio's kids. Thank you, Governor Mike DeWine