With the rescinding of both the Finney County and Garden City Face Covering Ordinances we are uniting to ask the school districts in our community to honor the gating criterion and the levels that were created with the guidance of the KDHE at the beginning of the school year. At this point masks, along with other NPIs (Nonpharmaceutical Interventions), should be recommended not required. Our community data has decreased in severity and we are thankful that we have been in school for the majority of the year. We are asking that the School Boards in Finney County would recognize the autonomy of parents and families over their children's health.