More School Districts Vote To Defy DeSantis On Masks

August 19, 2021 Education, Republicans

After record-shattering daily COVID-19 counts, school boards in Florida’s Hillsborough and Miami-Dade Counties held emergency meetings Wednesday and voted to again require face coverings on campuses.

The districts are the nation’s fourth- and seventh-largest — representing more than 600,000 students. They join Broward, Leon and Alachua Counties in openly defying Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education.

Hillsborough reported Wednesday that there were 1,840 confirmed cases among students and staff, and that 10,000 students and staff were quarantined.

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The Miami-Dade County School Board — Florida’s largest school district — voted to require masks for students and teachers when schools reopen next week amid rising Delta-variant COVID-19 cases.https://t.co/cR3yktf5aT

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