The case next goes before an appeals court in Tallahassee and could ultimately be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.
Masks
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland health officials recommend that city restore indoor mask mandate
Portland would become Maine’s first municipality to revive a requirement that people wear masks in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Biden administration opens civil rights investigations over bans on school mask mandates
Letters were sent to officials in Iowa, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma and Tennessee, all of which bar local districts from mandating masks.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Florida children wonder what the big deal is about mask-wearing
The American Academy of Pediatrics supports universal masking for everyone, vaccinated and unvaccinated, in schools.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Schools and Education
How to choose and care for your kid’s masks
This year’s back-to-school supply list has an important line item: face masks. Here’s how to choose the best mask for your child, when to wash it and how to get them to wear it all day.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine education chief: Let’s work together so our kids can learn in person, full time
We have the power to limit COVID’s impact on Maine students through vaccination, indoor masks at school and engagement in testing programs, Commissioner Pender Makin says.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston school board approves mandatory masking
The committee also voted unanimously to adopt pooled testing of students and teachers.
Posted inTimes Record
Face masks to be required for students, staff in Bath-area schools
Masks will be mandatory regardless of vaccination status.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Anti-mask parents are teaching the wrong lessons
If we don’t want our kids to act out, be selfish or refuse to listen to instructions, then we shouldn’t behave that way, either.
Posted inNation & World
Florida orders school boards to do away with mask mandates or risk their pay
Florida on Friday surpassed 3 million total COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and reported 1,486 new deaths in a week.