Your choice now: Vermilion Parish Superintendent, Bishop Deshotel leaves wearing a mask up to each individual

It did not look like many high school students wore a mask Wednesday morning after the Vermilion Parish Superintendent left the choice up to the students.
On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he will lift Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate in all settings except for K-12 schools. He said in a press conference that he is leaving it up to each school district to decide if the district wants to mandate wearing a mask at school or not.
A couple of hours after the Edwards left the choice up the school district, Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler laid out the new guidlines for wearing masks in the school system.
He is leaving it up to the students and employees if they want to wear a mask inside the school.
Byler did say that masks will be worn on school bus rides.
For Catholic schools in the parish, Bishop Deshotel is opting to allow parents to determine if their children wear a mask or not.
Under the CDC and LDH guidance that schools without mask mandates must follow, asymptomatic individuals who may have been in close contact (within 6 feet of someone infected with COVID-19 for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period) to someone infected with COVID-19 should quarantine.
Under the following criteria quarantine is not necessary:
• Individuals who are fully vaccinated at the time of exposure and remain asymptomatic
• Individuals who previously tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days and remain asymptomatic
• If both the positive case and the contact were masked AND were ≥ 3 feet of each other and remain asymptomatic (only applies to students in structured K-12 settings)
• Duration: The standard length is 14 days; however, schools can choose to use shortened quarantine options.