Despite new federal guidance that everyone should wear masks inside schools to start the year, many school boards so far are still sticking with plans to make protective face coverings optional.
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The conservative educational foundation Judicial Watch filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Palatine High School social studies teacher who was fired last year after posting controversial opinions on her personal Facebook page.
Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members voted 5-2 to fire Jeanne Hedgepath July 16, 2020, after district officials finished an investigation into her Facebook posts. The posts criticized the protests that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeks damages from Township District 211 and the district officials who participated directly in Hedgepath s firing, according to a news release from Judicial Watch. Attorney Christine Svenson of Palatine is assisting Judicial Watch with the lawsuit.
As state says unvaccinated kids should wear masks, here s what suburban schools are doing so far Elgin Area School District U-46 will require masks in prekindergarten through sixth grade, while masks will be strongly encouraged in middle and high schools. John Starks | Staff Photographer People carry signs as they wait to enter the Elgin Area School District U-46 board meeting Monday. John Starks | Staff Photographer About 45 people watched from each of two overflow rooms as the Elgin Area School District U-46 board meeting presented their back-to-school plan Monday night. John Starks | Staff Photographer Ivan Phipps, who said he has an elementary school child, speaks to the Elgin Area School District U-46 board about their mask policy for the new year at their meeting Monday night.
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