The main auditorium of the School Board chambers was full with socially distanced seating, and even more spectators and speakers watched a live stream from an overflow seating area for the School Board s last meeting before the start of the school year. I m very concerned. I know we have taken the steps within our control. . I ask you to please mask, Elizabeth Andersen told crowd members at the end of the meeting. Nobody wants to be back here but here we are. This is not a good situation for our community. . We have a responsibility to each other in making these decisions that are good for our family members.
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Dozens of concerned parents, educators, medical professionals and community faith leaders Sunday called on Superintendent Diana Greene and the Duval County School Board to require all students to wear face masks when classes resume next month.
Wearing masks and social distancing or participating from their cars, they rallied outside school district headquarters Sunday evening with homemade signs bearing messages such as Mask Up For Safe Schools, Masks Save Lives and Masks Until All Kids Can Get Vaccinated.
The rally began with a moment of silence in honor of Dr. Leon Haley Jr., UF Health Jacksonville s chief executive officer who died Saturday in a personal watercraft accident in South Florida. Haley was at the forefront of the city s COVID-19 response.