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That's a good question! I'm not sure what our Counseling Center will do past May 1st, but yesterday, we received this message below from the VP of Admin Services. At Bellevue College, masks will be required through May 1<span><sup>st</sup> -- and I appreciate
this policy, despite the new regulations in Washington, as there is still so much unknown, including what it will be like to return to campus part-time come spring quarter.</span></div>
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<span>I'm happy to share what decisions are made in mid-April.</span></div>
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<span>Take good care, All!</span></div>
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<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b><span> </span>Dennis Curran <dennis.curran@bellevuecollege.edu><br>
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<span class="x_normaltextrun" style="margin:0px">Before we head into spring break, the President’s Cabinet, with the support of the Flu Team, wanted to provide an update on the Bellevue College masking requirement. All employees, students and visitors must
wear a mask while indoors through May 1</span><span class="x_normaltextrun" style="margin:0px"><sup><span style="margin:0px;font-size:8.5pt">st</span></sup>, 2022. We recognize the requirement to wear a mask until May 1</span><span class="x_normaltextrun" style="margin:0px"><sup><span style="margin:0px;font-size:8.5pt">st</span></sup> is
stricter than the current Washington state guidance. Since many people in our community travel during spring break, then return to campus, we felt it best for the safety of our community to continue wearing masks indoors through May 1st. </span><span class="x_eop" style="margin:0px"> </span></p>
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Metrics will be based on CDC and Department of Health guidance. Expect another message to come out in mid-April describing the metrics to be used and the thresholds that will drive decisions.</span><span class="x_eop" style="margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<span class="x_normaltextrun" style="margin:0px">Thanks for continuing to look out for the health and safety of our community!</span><span class="x_eop" style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI", sans-serif"></span></p>
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425.564.2446</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> WCTCCA <wctcca-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of Koepping, Gloria via WCTCCA <wctcca@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 22, 2022 3:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wctcca@lists.ctc.edu <wctcca@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Wctcca] Is your Counseling Center keeping the mask mandate for Spring Quarter or not?</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Our health director can’t tell us if we can keep the mask mandate or not for Spring Quarter. She asked me to check with other schools, so what are you all doing?</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">The confusion is that the state plan says health care providers in an outpatient clinic or agency can and should still require masks, but we are not a licensed agency, we just have licensed counselors and psychologists in our counseling
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