March Photo Poll – Opinions on Updated Masking Policy

Sierra Fong (she/her), Ellen Zhan (she/her), and Ronan Keith (he/him)
June 6, 2022

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Gallery • 8 Photos
[Left to right: Sasha, Finn] Sasha: "I'm not wearing a mask... it's really bad for my face... and I'm not too worried about [getting sick]"

In March, PCS updated the school masking policy to make mask-wearing highly recommended and optional instead of required. We went around the school and collected student opinions on the change, recorded in the photo gallery above.

These interviews were conducted in late March of 2022 when Santa Cruz community COVID-19 transmission levels were “low” per the CDC COVID-19 Community Levels webpage.