Alex City Schools reinstates mask mandate, limits sports spectatorship to 50%
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A sign asks students to "mask up" at Radney Elementary School in Alexander City, Alabama.

 Jake Arthur / The Outlook

Alexander City Schools has reinstated its mask mandate as Tallapoosa County records the highest average number of COVID-19 cases per day since the pandemic began.

"Due to the recent surge in positive COVID-19 cases in our community, upon return, proper facial PPE will be required for all faculty, staff and students," the school system announced on its Facebook page Monday, with a graphic of a wildcat in a surgical mask. "[Alexander City Schools] will also be adopting the new CDC guidelines for both exposure and positive cases."