How on earth is it even a difficult decision that someone is either going to be inconvenienced for wearing a mask or somebody may die? a commenter said at Orange County School Board’s meeting on Tuesday.Parents battling it out over whether or not to reinstate the district s mask mandate. It should be optional. It should stay optional,” Lou Marin said.Two weeks ago the school board voted to end its mandatory mask mandate. Since then, cases of the delta variant have skyrocketed.Now many parents want the district to reverse its decision. We are in crisis mode. This masking discussion needs to be treated as such,” a commenter said.The board s previous vote does allow the superintendent to reinstate the mask mandate if she so chooses.At the end of the meeting, several board members voice their opinion on the issue and called for further discussion. If it were my decision I would have a mask policy in place for the beginning of the school year,” school board chair Teresa Jac
Orange County schools may make changes to mask policy for fall semester
School board leaders also plan to ask the Department of Health for daily coronavirus data
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Orange County schools may make changes to mask policy for fall semester
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Masks remain optional for Orange County students and staff members, despite the CDC’s new guidance stressing that everyone should wear a mask inside. However, the superintendent could make changes based on a provision set forth in the policy.
The topic of masking in school was not on the agenda at Tuesday’s school board meeting, but many parents still weighed in.
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