TAVARES, Florida: In a scene replayed across the United States, angry parents and activists streamed into a meeting of the Florida\u0027s Lake County school board on Thursday (Sep 2) where it considered whether to mandate mask-wearing for students and staff due to COVID. Some opponents of the mask proposal bran
TAVARES, Florida: In a scene replayed across the United States, angry parents and activists streamed into a meeting of the Florida's Lake County school board on Thursday where it considered whether to mandate mask-wearing for students and staff due to COVID.
Since DeSantis' order, more than a dozen Florida counties have rebelled and voted to require masks to protect students and teachers as the Delta variant sweeps across the state. This week, the state's Department of Education sanctioned two counties that passed school mask requirements. Earlier this week, populous Brevard County along Florida’s east coast, which went for Trump over President Joe Biden by more than 16 percentage points in November, narrowly voted to approve a 30-day school mask mandate.
The board listened to more than three hours of public comment on the mask proposal then postponed a decision. Some 280 people spoke or sent emails on the issue, and two-thirds of them supported the idea, the Orlando Sentinel reported.“This topic has completely polarized communities,” said Andrea Messina, president of the Florida School Boards Association.
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