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About 150 people held signs along Bishop Lane outside the VanHoose Education Center on Aug. 2, 2022 in protest against the indoor masking policy at Jefferson County Public Schools.
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The policy triggering mandatory masking once Jefferson County hit the highest levels of COVID-19 transmission and hospitalizations was enacted July 19 by the Jefferson County Board of Education, continuing a similar policy passed by the board in March during the latter months of the 2021-22 school year.
As of 11:30 a.m. Thursday, 57% of the nearly 2,500 respondents so far oppose or strongly oppose the district’s masking policy while 36% support or strongly support it, according to data provided by JCTA Vice President Tammy Berlin
The school board argues that having no control to limit the spread of communicable diseases at its meetings would curtail public participation and put staff and teachers at unreasonable risk.
