At a time when many school boards are being confronted by yelling parents irate over mask mandates, Burrell School District is offering up private meetings with students’ parents to work through the mask issues. Two lawsuits are pending in Pennsylvania challenging the legality of the recent mask mandate at schools.
About 3.5% of Burrell School District’s 1,825 students have been granted medical exemptions allowing them not to wear masks in school, the district’s top official said Thursday. Of those granted a medical exemption, a portion have yet to turn in necessary medical documentation, Superintendent Shannon Wagner said. Those students don’t