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Crowd gathers before HCS Board of Education meeting to protest mask policy
On the first day of school, Huntsville City Schools students, faculty and staff will be required to wear a mask inside school buildings
Posted: Aug 3, 2021 10:32 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2021 10:56 PM
Posted By: Sophia Borrelli
An outcry over mandatory face masks in schools. The protest happening at Tuesday s school board meeting and just hours before Huntsville City Schools students head back to the classroom. We want to make sure the board hears our voices, said Adam Stephens, Huntsville City Schools parent. Many joined the crowd gathering before the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education meeting. Holding signs and chanting, including parents like Adam Stephens and teachers. They were not hearing from their actual constituents that put them in office so we were very upset with that, said Adam Stephens, Huntsville City Schools parent. We re not anti-mask, but we re pro-choice, said Andy Blalo
Walker McGinnis stepping down from Huntsville school board
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Walker McGinnis, shown here in a 2014 file photo, is resigning from the Huntsville City Schools board of education. (AL.com file photo)
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McGinnis said his resignation, submitted under “doctors’ strong advice,” will be effective May 30.
“The problem is, I’m just getting too old,” said the 74-year-old McGinnis. “There’s a time and a place where it’s time to go and we have come to that. I just got out of the hospital at noon today and it’s just not working out.”
McGinnis, the board’s District 4 representative that includes Huntsville High School, said he had been dealing with health issues for about a 1½ years.