{"id":1059562,"date":"2021-09-22T13:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T18:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1059562"},"modified":"2021-09-23T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:15:00","slug":"chisd-sees-big-covid-19-drop-under-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1059562","title":{"rendered":"CHISD sees big COVID-19 drop under mask mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/chisd-175x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"141\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1059571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/chisd-175x141.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/chisd-434x350.jpg 434w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/chisd.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>CHAPEL HILL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Chapel Hill ISD has seen its number of positive COVID cases \u00e2\u20ac\u0153drop significantly\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the district is crediting the mask mandate implemented nearly one month ago.  According to our news partner KETK, the mandate took effect Aug. 31 and the district peaked with 117 positive cases on Sept. 2. The district currently has just 19 active cases, an 84% drop in less than three weeks. In a prepared statement,  CHISD Superintendent Lamond Dean says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank you to the School Board, parents, and students for helping us reduce the spread and exposure of the virus COVID-19 at our campuses. We also ask that everyone do their part by staying home if you are feeling sick.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Mask mandates continue to be a hot topic. Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a number of school districts that have imposed them, including Longview ISD.  He has sent a letter to CHISD but at last report had not sued the Chapel Hill district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Chapel Hill ISD has seen its number of positive COVID cases \u00e2\u20ac\u0153drop significantly\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the district is crediting the mask mandate implemented nearly one month ago. According to our news partner KETK, the mandate took effect Aug. 31 and the district peaked with 117 positive cases on Sept. 2. The district currently &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1059562\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CHISD sees big COVID-19 drop under mask mandate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1059578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/chisd-175x141.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"CHISD sees big COVID-19 drop under mask mandate","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059562","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 17:08:56","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\/09\/chisd-175x141.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"CHISD sees big COVID-19 drop under mask mandate","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059562","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=1059562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059576,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059562\/revisions\/1059576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1059578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1059562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1059562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1059562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}