As the 2021-22 school year quickly approaches, community members in Jacksonville are pleading with Duval Schools to put a mask mandate in place to protect students against COVID-19.
Now, as Duval County deals with a new surge of COVID-19 cases and high hospitalization rates, health experts are joining the conversation.
On Monday evening, a group of several local doctors and health specialists gathered on Zoom for a public webinar encouraging masking up in schools. The school board and superintendent are in a very difficult situation and perhaps an untenable situation, Dr. Jeff Goldhagen a pediatric doctor and health professor, said. But there’s a right thing to do. Our other elected officials need to take that stand.
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Dozens of concerned parents, educators, medical professionals and community faith leaders Sunday called on Superintendent Diana Greene and the Duval County School Board to require all students to wear face masks when classes resume next month.
Wearing masks and social distancing or participating from their cars, they rallied outside school district headquarters Sunday evening with homemade signs bearing messages such as Mask Up For Safe Schools, Masks Save Lives and Masks Until All Kids Can Get Vaccinated.
The rally began with a moment of silence in honor of Dr. Leon Haley Jr., UF Health Jacksonville s chief executive officer who died Saturday in a personal watercraft accident in South Florida. Haley was at the forefront of the city s COVID-19 response.
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