Mooresville Graded Schools

Mooresville's public schools open Wednesday, the first among a growing string of districts opting to ignore North Carolina's school calendar law.

Four days after opening schools with face coverings optional, Mooresville's superintendent announced masks will be mandatory as of Friday morning. He said the district has quarantined more than 80 students already and says universal masking will keep more kids in school.

Mooresville is the first district in the Charlotte region to bring students back to class. Some say the mask-optional policy creates pressure not to wear them, but no clashes between masked and unmasked students.

Cabarrus, Catawba and Caldwell County schools Monday joined Mooresville, Union County and Rowan-Salisbury in declaring masks optional when schools open in August. The decisions come despite rising COVID-19 cases and state guidance urging mandatory masks in grades K-8.

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