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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.
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NEWTOWN, PA The Council Rock School Board voted to make masks optional for both students and staff for the remainder of the 2021 school year.
The measure passed in a 7-1 vote at the board s Thursday meeting. Board member Denise Brooks voted against it and board member Andy Block was absent.
The decision comes just one day after the Central Bucks School Board voted to make masks optional for students for the last week of the school year. At that meeting, Bucks County Public Health Director David Damsker told the board he did not feel a mask mandate was necessary in schools due to the low levels of COVID-19 transmission both in school and in the community.