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Tensions over COVID-19 school safety plans boil over in Bucks County
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Parents gather outside a Central Bucks school board meeting to protest or defend the board’s decision to open schools in the fall without requiring protective face masks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community members in the Central Bucks School District are in a heated debate over the COVID-19 safety plans for this fall, which boiled over Tuesday evening before the school board meeting.
The Bucks County school district does not intend to require face masks or conduct contact tracing, prompting local medical professionals and parents to organize a press conference to plead with officials to develop more rigorous COVID-19 safety plans.
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In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, elementary school students use hand sanitizer before entering school for classes in Godley, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Community members in two Bucks County school districts are divided over new policies that make coronavirus mask-wearing optional.
A feud between those valuing personal freedom and those prioritizing health concerns has been building for the past year, according to many parents. Now, it’s at boiling point.
The Central Bucks School Board voted on Wednesday evening, during an emergency hearing, to lift its mask mandate. The Council Rock School Board voted to do the same Thursday night.