High school sports are back in Butte County, but some co-curricular activities are still wanting to perform.
Chico Unified School District Secondary Director, John Shepard, said the band is still not allowed to be at football games, but they are working to try and figure out how to get them performing again.
Outside the classroom as well.
Thats right hayley..
Most school sports are back in play... but each school district implements safety rules differently.
New at 5 -- action news now reporter amy lanski is live at pleasant valley in chico.
Amy, how is chico unified implementing the guidelines?
Chico unified secondary director john shepard says the district is following guidance from the state..
But he says som* of the guidance is up for interpretation for outdoor sports like football.
So he says it can be interpreted differently by different districts or schools.
He says their criteria is to keep kids safe that is it..
Shepard says some teams interpret the guidance that their outdoor teams need to wear masks even while competing.
In chico unified they did not want to make a mask mandate because kids might have underlying conditions where they can't wear one.
"we ask student athletes to wear masks, when appropriate, during competition.
If they are not directly competing they must wear their masks, coaches musts wear their masks, while in competition, direct engaged competition, we encourage them to wear masks, however we understand some students may not be able to."
Shepard says all of the districts in butte county work together to make sure they are on the same page at competition.
Shepard says they are happy to be able to get all athletes back in competition.
Live from pleasant valley high school.
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Shepard says they are now working to get co-curricular activities like band back to
Co-curricular activities, such as band and choir, have the go-ahead to start performing in the state again.