COVID-19 Update
March 1, 2022
Masks Optional & Mitigation Reminders
Following the Board of Education’s decision to make masks optional in Harford County Public Schools, we want to provide additional information to students, staff, parents, and guardians.
- If staff or students are sick, please stay home.
All HCPS staff and students may attend after-school voluntary COVID-19 testing clinics. Voluntary COVID-19 screening testing is offered to HCPS staff and students who are asymptomatic and have not been identified as a close contact. Clinic sites include:
- Bel Air High School: Monday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
- Fallston High School: Tuesday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
- North Harford High School: Wednesday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
- Aberdeen High School: Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
If you have already registered with MAKO for a prior COVID-19 screening clinic, you do not need to complete the registration again before attending a voluntary clinic.
If you have not registered with MAKO, please click here for registration information.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says, “COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. Take precautions to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 based on the COVID-19 Community Level in your area.”
Based on the CDC’s latest update, the COVID-19 Community Level in Harford County is “low.” When community levels are “low,” CDC guidance says:
- Wear a mask based on your personal preference, informed by your personal level of risk.
- Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines.
- Get tested if you have symptoms.
Click here for more information about CDC COVID-19 Community Levels.
Please watch the video message below, made following the Board of Education’s decision to make masks optional in HCPS. A big “thank you” to Ms. Abbott’s 5th graders at Ring Factory Elementary School who star in the video! #HCPSuperStars