BEAVER FALLS – Coronavirus has made mask-wearing the international symbol of caring, but for one area school their message may be a bit more muddled.
Documents acquired by The Times indicate that administrators at Beaver County Christian School offered parents the ability to opt-out of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Universal Face Covering Order, the July mandate which required all students older than 2 to wear masks while in school, allowing students in BCCS buildings to attend classes fully in-person and unmasked all year.
“(W)e are commanded to adhere to the law,” said Steve Wellendorf, the head principal of schools at BCCS, in an August email to parents. “We also firmly respect and appreciate that BCCS exists through an association of our parents…(and) that parents can/should make fundamental educational decisions.”