Just a week into the school year, over 10,000 students and staff in the Hillsborough County Public Schools district in Florida have been isolated or quarantined as districts across the state grapple withHillsborough is the seventh-largest school district in the U.S., with more than 213,000 students. As of Wednesday, 10,384 students and 338 staffers are isolated or under quarantine, the district told ABC News.
The district held an emergency school board meeting Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the crisis.One mother of a student yelled, "Have any children died?" as a result of the virus. Some people in the audience shouted back that children have. Parents against masks argued that face coverings prevent kids from smiling at each other and communicate with their peers and teachers.
After a marathon meeting that ran nearly three hours longer than intended, Hillsborough County voted to institute a mask mandate for at least 30 days, but parents will be able to opt their kids out with a note from a medical provider.
Yeah! My kid had to lose 2 1/2 days of school thanks to some a$$hole kid who’s parents sent him to school sick and WITHOUT a mask!!!!! Theses are domestic terrorists at this point!!! As if it’s not enough we’re plagued with a communist dictator here!
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