Next week, hundreds of thousands of kids from the greater Charlotte area are headed back to school, many without masks -- among them, Avery and Ashe County Schools and all South Carolina Schools. Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools return Aug. 18. Masks are currently optional at these schools instead.

Some parents say they’re comfortable with mask-optional policies and believe parents should have the choice. Others feel concerned their child will be put at risk, as COVID-19 cases are on the rise.

“Nationally, in the last two weeks we have seen an 80% increase in the number of cases in children,” said Dr. Amina Ahmed, a pediatric infectious disease expert and epidemiologist at Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital.

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