Hudsonville parents urging school to drop mask mandate
HUDSONVILLE Parents in an Ottawa County school district are asking for school leaders to make masks optional in the classroom.
A group of parents showed up to a Hudsonville Public Schools Board of Education meeting to urge the district to lift its mask mandate, according to a report from MLive.
Upwards of 50 people, most not wearing masks, showed up to the meeting, some of which were locked out due to capacity restrictions.
The push comes as the state and Ottawa County are seeing a sharp increase COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations. Ottawa County is averaging more than 210 new cases per day over the past week.