AMERICAN FORK Educators in the Alpine School District say they re moving this week s board meeting online because of anti-mask protest groups. They say protesters have harassed their workers, disrupted meetings and pose a safety risk.
Last week, video of anti-mask protesters disrupting a Granite School District meeting grabbed headlines. The Granite Board of Education ended the meeting early after the crowd heckled speakers and chanted No more masks! during the meeting.
Officials with the Alpine School District say something similar happened to their board in April, with protesters demanding that the mask mandate on students be lifted.
District spokesman David Stephenson says, They became so disruptive that we had to shut that meeting down, at the time.
A unique public and private collaboration held over April 16, 17 to collect and recycle computers and eWaste was an unqualified success. The project organizers’ goal was to collect 10,000 pounds of items, but they more than doubled that amount. Two significant donations from Micron Utah will likely bring the total eWaste kept out of Utah landfills close to 30,000 pounds in total.
Volunteers packed 25 huge pallets with items which will be shipped to Boise, Idaho, where they will be processed. Useable computers will be professionally wiped clean of all data, then spruced up and sent back to Utah kids who don’t have access to a computer.
The Alpine School District was preparing scheduling options for the 2021-2022 school year and could make a decision as soon as the next board meeting on May 11, officials said.
Despite weekend rallies across Utah encouraging parents to push back against state health mask requirements in K-12 schools, few students showed up without masks on Monday.
Despite weekend rallies across Utah encouraging parents to push back against state health mask requirements in K-12 schools, few students showed up without masks on Monday.