by Larry Chowning –
Middlesex County school superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz explained in a Jan. 22 letter to parents the Middlesex County School Board’s (MCSB) decision Friday to move forward not to comply with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order that gives parents the right to decide whether or not their children must mask in school.
“As you may know, Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently issued an executive order that repealed Virginia’s mask mandate for all public school divisions,” she wrote. The order went into effect Monday, Jan. 24.
“After careful consideration of a variety of factors, that also included public input, the Middlesex County Public Schools school board voted Friday evening to sustain our policy of universal masking for all students,” she wrote.
“It is our understanding that, even with the executive order, Virginia commonwealth law allows divisions the flexibility to continue requiring masks if their elected school board chooses to do so,” wrote Seitz.
“As was discussed in Friday’s meeting, masking requirements for our schools will be an agenda topic at our Feb. 14 school board meeting.”…
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