Starting on Monday, masks will once again be required in the Philadelphia School District due to a consistent rise in COVID cases. Masks must be worn in schools and on all school buses.  All of the collar counties around Philadelphia are in the CDC’s “high COVID community transmission” category.  That has some suburban school districts moving back to mandatory masks, including Lower Merion, Cheltenham and Norristown in Montgomery County.  KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert tells us other districts are considering mandatory mask wearing, and one may be forced into it. 

<p>Starting on Monday, masks will once again be required in the Philadelphia School District due to a consistent rise in COVID cases.&nbsp;Masks must be worn in schools and on all school buses.&nbsp; All of the collar counties around Philadelphia are in the CDC&rsquo;s &ldquo;high COVID community transmission&rdquo; category.&nbsp;&nbsp;That has some suburban school districts moving back to mandatory masks, including Lower Merion, Cheltenham and Norristown in Montgomery County.&nbsp;&nbsp;KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert tells us other districts are considering mandatory mask wearing, and one may be forced into it.&nbsp;</p>

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