Michigan has some of the worst surge when it comes to COVID-19 cases
Angry parents want their children to be able to go to school without masks
Dozens of parents without masks showed up to a school meeting at Hudsonville High School on Thursday to demand face mask rules for kids be scrapped
There were limits on the numbers allowed inside which made parents angrier
Parents were eventually asked by security to leave
Michigan currently has the highest rate of new infections of any state
Many new cases include infections among children and outbreaks at schools
Hudsonville parents, including some locked out of meeting, urge school district to make masks optional
Updated 10:57 PM;
HUDSONVILLE, MI – Dozens of Hudsonville parents and community members are urging Hudsonville Public Schools to remove mask mandates in school and make masks optional for students amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The demand from parents Thursday comes as Michigan leads the nation in coronavirus cases, with school outbreaks and new cases among young people playing a large role in that surge.
Superintendent Doug VanderJagt said the district will continue to mandate masks in accordance with guidelines from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.