“We would be violating our own board bylaws to say we are not going to enforce our own mask mandate,” Board Chairman Charlie Kennedy said. “We only have two and a half weeks to go, and the mask mandate will be gone.”
Many parents said that, if the board does not rescind the policy, their children would be participating in a protest on Monday, May 17, when they will attend school mask-free.
Superintendent Cynthia Saunders said that anyone not wearing a mask in school would be treated as a basic dress code violation. Under the code of student conduct, a student receiving such a violation has the opportunity to fix their outfit and then return to class.
1 month ago Share High school graduations for the School District of Manatee County will take place in the first week of June.
School District of Manatee County high school seniors will now graduate in the first week of June, two weeks later than originally planned.
The School Board of Manatee County approved the date changes 4-1, with board member Mary Foreman dissenting, during its regular meeting March 9.
District leaders were working with the Bradenton Area Convention Center in February to plan graduation for this year when they were notified the center would not be able to exceed 500 to 600 participants for graduation.