The Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 will continue to require students, staff and visitors to wear masks at its events and facilities following a failed parental challenge to a school board requirement.
The Auburn-Washburn Board of Education voted 5-0 at its meeting Monday evening to reject the appeal, brought by Washburn Rural High School parent Earl McIntosh on April 13.
Citing Kansas Senate Bill 40, McIntosh, a parent of two students at the high school, indicated in emails to the board that he was appealing the district s mask mandate, adopted by the board in summer 2020.
Gov. Laura Kelly earlier in April signed SB 40 placing limits on COVID-19 restrictions, including school districts. Under the new law, anyone aggrieved by a school district s decision to implement a COVID-19 restriction or change school operations is allowed to request a hearing by the school board within 30 days of that action. The board in turn must hold a hearing within 72 hours of request for
Auburn-Washburn Board of Education rejects appeal to remove mask requirement in schools
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CHAMPAIGN â After being knocked off the ballot last week for the local spring elections, activist Justin Michael Hendrix filed Monday to run as a write-in candidate to represent Champaignâs District 3.
The Champaign electoral board voted 2â1 Friday to remove Hendrix from the ballot, with Councilman Tom Bruno and City Clerk Marilyn Banks voting in favor and Councilman Will Kyles against.
The objection was brought by Meyer Capel attorney Rochelle Funderburg, who alleged that Hendrix failed âto have the required number of valid signatures on the nominating petitions.â
Hendrix is running against attorney Matt Sullard and personal trainer Daniel Iniguez.
Mayor Deb Feinen, who helped collect signatures for Iniguez, recused herself as an electoral board member for the hearing, city attorney Fred Stavins said.
USD 437 will tentatively start spring semester with some in-person learning
Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 students will tentatively return to some in-person learning to start the spring semester, the Auburn-Washburn Board of Education voted Monday evening.
In the unanimous vote, the board approved a district plan that would return elementary students for in-person learning starting Jan. 5, while middle and high school students would return to hybrid learning that same day. Third- through 12th-grade students have been in remote learning for the past few weeks after the board decided to move to the more restrictive learning environment in the wake of high levels of staff quarantines.