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SKPS,
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classroom. It's important to kids and we
want to ensure we can still continue to do
that,” he said. “We want to really adhere to
the strict protocols and send out reminders
to families on what we need to follow.”
McNary athletic director Scott Gragg
echoed Ramirez's sentiments after meet-
ing with the other ADs in the district on
Tuesday.
“We might have to have stricter proto-
cols and implement other things, but con-
tinuing athletics is our priority,” Gragg
said.
After going nearly a year without
providing athletics due to the pan-
demic, SKPS student-athletes returned
to the fi eld in March of last year to com-
pete in a six-week shortened exhibition
season. All athletes, coaches and fans were
required to wear masks and each event
had capacity limits and contact tracing
protocols.
Since the beginning of the 2021-22
school year, however, sports in the area
have continued without capacity require-
ments or contact tracing for fans. While
coaches and fans are required to wear
masks, athletes are not.
Gragg confi rmed that McNary will be
enforcing stricter protocols, starting with
being more stringent about mask-wear-
ing — players will now be strongly encour-
aged to wear their masks when they are not
competing.
“It's extremely important that specta-
tors, coaches and athletes that aren't com-
peting wear their masks properly. We're
also encouraging distancing and being
LAW: ‘Coming to Oregon in 2022’
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The CROWN Act
A new law referred to as the CROWN
Act prohibits discrimination based on
hairstyles associated with a person’s race.
The CROWN Act will work to protect
Black Oregonians both in workplaces
and in public schools from discrimina-
tion for wearing braids, locs, headwraps
or protective hairstyles.
Schools can no longer force students
to remove accessories in their hair,
remove head wraps to match uniforms
or undo their hair style to conduct a lice
check. The law will also apply to extra-
curricular activities including sports.
Under the new law, anyone that feels
they’ve experienced race-based hair
discrimination can fi le a workplace or
school complaint.
diligent about identifying close contacts,”
Gragg said. “We want to make sure we
are in alignment with what other folks
are doing. There aren't going to be drastic
changes, but we will be tightening up pro-
tocols. We have to do everything we can to
give us the best chance to keep the season
going.”
Gragg also said that future adjustments
to crowd capacity and scheduling could be
coming in the near future
While vaccination mandates and diag-
nostic testing for athletes haven’t been
discussed yet, the district will continue the
process of holding out athletes that test pos-
itive for COVID for a period of time based
on their vaccination status. Although quar-
antining teams and postponing contests
is also a possibility according to Ramirez,
canceling the season is currently out of the
question.
“We aren't going to play if it's not safe,
but we think it is healthy to keep kids
out there. We might have to hold out cer-
tain student-athletes and teams if neces-
sary, but we will not call off all athletics,”
Ramirez said.
‘Mugshots’ no more
Law enforcement agencies will no
longer be allowed to release booking
photos of arrested individuals prior to
their conviction. In the past, law enforce-
ment agencies were allowed to share
these booking photos, commonly known
as “mugshots,” on social media and with
media outlets before the person was ever
convicted of a crime.
Police will still be allowed to release
booking photos if they determine the
public’s help is needed to assist “with the
apprehension of a fugitive or a suspect in
a criminal investigation.”
The new law also targets “publish-
for-pay” publications that would post
the booking photos to their website and
charge a fee to remove the photos. These
publications will now have up to 30 days
to remove a booking photo after some-
one submits a formal request.
In the past, the Keizertimes has posted
booking photos on their “Cuff s in Keizer”
page. While the paper never charged
a fee to remove the photos, we will be
removing all the past “Cuff s in Keizer”
from our website.
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