Virginia school districts are dropping their mask mandates in obedience to a state law enacted this week that requires school officials to allow parents to decide whether their children wear masks at school, but legal challenges persist.
Meanwhile, mask mandates are falling throughout the state — in places including Manassas City Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools and Henrico County Public Schools, all of which had previously disobeyed Youngkin’s mask-optional executive order. In many places, the switches are coming with clear reluctance.
In a later slide, Arlington officials wrote that masking indoors is still recommended by the CDC and that “we have students and staff who have underlying health conditions, are immunocompromised, and are considered high risk.”Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras has been especially vocal in his opposition to Youngkin’s mask-optional executive order — and to the bill making masks optional by March 1.
Hours later, though, he was forced to email again with a different update. The judge in the Loudoun parents’ lawsuit
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