NEWARK – Public school students in Worcester County will begin the school year with masks following a decision by the Maryland State Board of Education last week.
Superintendent Lou Taylor confirmed in a message to parents Friday that because of the state board’s emergency regulation requiring universal masking, Worcester County Public Schools students and staff will be required to wear face coverings.
“We know that the wearing of masks is a polarizing issue in our community; we have seen it the passionate letters, emails, social media comments, and more that we have received over these past months,” Taylor said. “I also know that we are all hoping to see a decline in the transmission levels in our community soon, so we can revisit this decision, but in the meantime, we need to protect every student’s ability to attend school in-person, and it will take all of us working together to make that happen.”
The state board voted 11-1 last Thursday to pass an emergency regulation requiring masks in schools to help stop the spread of COVID-19. While most jurisdictions had already mandated masks, five counties — Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Cecil and Carroll — had not. Taylor announced Aug. 17 that masks would be optional.
The day after the state board’s vote, however, Taylor released a message to parents detailing the new universal masking requirement.
Yeah OK so where do we start!!how do we stop paying our taxes because this flagrant abuse of children is going to stop!! the current education system is a lie!!!its not an education system. Its broke dysfunctional and pushing agendas which are irrelevant to education safety and the health of our children in the long term!! this is absurd!! so how do we start the movement to stop paying taxes!! demand the current education system be defunded.. and the state starts issuing school vouchers so we can send our children where we want! I don’t have any kids by but I will gladly send my voucher to a school that will educate and not Indoctrinate.. defund the current public education system, Remove the unions and dissolve the BOE dictates!
This is a civil rights violation. This is a fascist communist maneuver to control citizens. If you go by the science then you will know you are being manipulated. FAUSI is constantly being proven wrong by other scientist on his political comments. these vaccines are not FDA approved.
Why is PHIZER the only one that got an FDA approval on their “BOOSTER”? There has been NO FDA approval on any vaccine. WHY did PHIZER get a FDA approval? Is it because FAUCI pushes PHIZER and not others? What kick back is FAUCI, GATES and other BILLIONAIRES getting from PHIZER?
Lou has no backbone.