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Anti-mask protestors have voices heard ahead of Manatee Countyâs School Board meeting masks By Rick Adams | May 11, 2021 at 10:38 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 6:19 AM
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Parents and students in opposition to Manatee County schoolsâ mask mandate protested outside the school district headquarters in Bradenton Tuesday, waving signs as traffic passed by. Inside, during a school board meeting, they told the board the mask-wearing policy should be eliminated.
âThe reason why they have to lift this mask mandate now, is every day our children are suffering from physical and psychological effects,â said Jonathan Riches, one of the protestors.
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School officials made no mention of mask mandates for next school year.
Credit: Manatee County School District Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 5:42 PM EDT April 26, 2021
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. Students and staff at all Pasco County schools will be required to wear face masks for the remainder of the school year, school officials decided on Monday.
The school district cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic for the reason masks will be needed to be worn on campuses and in office buildings. In a statement, Pasco County Schools says masks played a large role in limiting the spread of COVID in classrooms throughout the 2020-2021 school year.
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Two Manatee substitutes arrested in unrelated cases
BRADENTON – A Manatee County substitute teacher was arrested Friday on 30 counts of possessing sexually exploitive images of children, commonly called child pornography.
According to a press release, the Bradenton Police Department and the FBI received information in March about the transmission of child pornography. Detectives investigated and found evidence confirming the information, and served digital search warrants along with a physical search warrant at a home on 51st Street West in Bradenton.
On Friday, John L. Wingate, 25, who is employed by the Manatee County School District as a substitute teacher, was arrested and charged.