Tensions over COVID-19 school safety plans boil over in Bucks County
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Parents gather outside a Central Bucks school board meeting to protest or defend the board’s decision to open schools in the fall without requiring protective face masks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community members in the Central Bucks School District are in a heated debate over the COVID-19 safety plans for this fall, which boiled over Tuesday evening before the school board meeting.
The Bucks County school district does not intend to require face masks or conduct contact tracing, prompting local medical professionals and parents to organize a press conference to plead with officials to develop more rigorous COVID-19 safety plans.