The Fall River Public School District will require masks be worn in the 17 school buildings in the district until March 14, as members of the committee had reservations about following Commonwealth Guidelines that allow for a mask mandate to be lifted on the final day of February, after a unanimous vote last night during the committee's monthly session at Kuss Middle School.

Committee members had concerns over another spike over a winter break that ends on the final day of February, in terms of spikes of Covid-19 that had been in district numbers after Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2021.

Face coverings will still have to be worn on school buses as part of an ongoing federal mandate. .