Martin County schools to review mask mandate May 4, 2021 at 10:21 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 8:36 AM
The Martin County School District is preparing to host an emergency meeting next week over masks being required in schools.
Dozens of parents made their voices heard Tuesday, calling for the policy to end at the school board s workshop. This is a sick, sick board, said one parent. This board is sick and wrong.
Inside the meeting, parent after parent made public comment.
Outside the meeting, parents protested with signs along Ocean Boulevard. Oxygen is mandatory for the brain, said resident Medora Reading.
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By Joel Malkin
May 5, 2021
While Palm Beach County s mask mandate is over, the school district is keeping its face mask policy in place for students and staff members.
A group of local parents are planning a protest against that later this week.
Members of Unmask Palm Beach County Kids want their children to have the option of taking their masks off at school. They say that more than 5,000 Palm Beach County parents have signed a petition to do just that.
Many parents say they won t be sending their kids to school on Friday, and plan to stand outside the School District headquarters in West Palm Beach for a demonstration.
A group of parents plans to keep their kids home on Friday and bring them to a protest outside the headquarters of the Palm Beach County School District.
By Joel Malkin
May 5, 2021
While Palm Beach County s mask mandate is over, the school district is keeping its face mask policy in place for students and staff members.
A group of local parents are planning a protest against that later this week.
Members of Unmask Palm Beach County Kids want their children to have the option of taking their masks off at school. They say that more than 5,000 Palm Beach County parents have signed a petition to do just that.
Many parents say they won t be sending their kids to school on Friday, and plan to stand outside the School District headquarters in West Palm Beach for a demonstration.
Palm Beach County students excited, thankful for in-person graduations May 3, 2021 at 6:06 AM EDT - Updated May 3 at 6:06 AM
Palm Beach County high school seniors are celebrating plans for in-person graduations in June after all ceremonies went virtual last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yaemsiriwong can t wait for her big moment. I just felt like the high school experience wasn’t complete unless I walked across the stage, Yaemsiriwong said.
With only a handful of seniors on campus at Dwyer High School right now, Yaemsiriwong said she s looking forward to seeing the class of 2021 all back together again. Most of us haven’t seen each other since last March, so it s going to be really different and everyone’s changed. So that’s what I m really excited for, Yaemsiriwong said. We ve been working on the flower decorating and the chair covers, the program, getting everyone set up for that.