{"id":1049288,"date":"2021-08-23T12:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T17:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1049288"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:42:13","slug":"temporary-mask-mandate-in-longview-isd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1049288","title":{"rendered":"Temporary mask mandate in Longview ISD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/index-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1049290\" \/>LONGVIEW &#8212; In response to the current rise in COVID-19 cases in the district and surrounding community, Longview ISD has issued what&#8217;s termed a temporary mask mandate, effective Monday, Aug. 23. According to a news release posted on the LISD website, all students, staff, and visitors at Longview ISD must wear face coverings at district facilities. The move comes amid legal uncertainty about such mandates as the governor&#8217;s order banning such moves makes its way through the courts. Known cases of COVID-19 among LISD students and staff are currently higher than they were last year and positive cases are emerging at alarming rates, according to the news release. The web posting says all virus-related protocols are subject to change as circumstances warrant. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.lisd.org\/news\/article\/08202021-mask.html\">here<\/a> to read the full release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8212; In response to the current rise in COVID-19 cases in the district and surrounding community, Longview ISD has issued what&#8217;s termed a temporary mask mandate, effective Monday, Aug. 23. According to a news release posted on the LISD website, all students, staff, and visitors at Longview ISD must wear face coverings at district &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1049288\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Temporary mask mandate in Longview ISD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1049298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/index-4-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Temporary mask mandate in Longview ISD","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 22:43:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/index-4-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Temporary mask mandate in Longview ISD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1049288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049357,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049288\/revisions\/1049357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1049288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1049288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1049288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}