Crowd gathers before HCS Board of Education meeting to protest mask policy
On the first day of school, Huntsville City Schools students, faculty and staff will be required to wear a mask inside school buildings
Posted: Aug 3, 2021 10:32 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2021 10:56 PM
Posted By: Sophia Borrelli
An outcry over mandatory face masks in schools. The protest happening at Tuesday s school board meeting and just hours before Huntsville City Schools students head back to the classroom. We want to make sure the board hears our voices, said Adam Stephens, Huntsville City Schools parent. Many joined the crowd gathering before the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education meeting. Holding signs and chanting, including parents like Adam Stephens and teachers. They were not hearing from their actual constituents that put them in office so we were very upset with that, said Adam Stephens, Huntsville City Schools parent. We re not anti-mask, but we re pro-choice, said Andy Blalo
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Example #1) The CDC and the AAP have
recommended COVID-19 vaccinations for persons 12 and older. This means COVID-19 vaccinations are suggested and encouraged, but
not required.
Example #2) The CDC and the AAP have currently
recommended that students wear masks when they return to school. This was discussed at the board meeting July 19. This means masking children is
suggested and encouraged, but not required.
This is where we were July 19 and where we are today.
Example #3) Last year, there was a
mask mandate for a period of time in Alabama. This meant that everyone was
required to wear a mask. This requirement was commanded by the authority of the Governor and was compulsory for everyone. This is where we were last year.
ADPH spokesman Ryan Easterling in a message to APR on Wednesday said the department was finalizing its school toolkit which will follow CDC guidance on masks in schools, which the CDC updated Tuesday.
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters Tuesday that the change in mask recommendations comes after new data on the delta variant shows that viral loads carried by the vaccinated are as high as those carried by the unvaccinated, meaning the vaccinated can transmit the virus.
“In recent days I have seen new scientific data from recent outbreak investigations showing that that delta variant behaves uniquely differently from past strains of the virus that cause COVID-19,” Walensky said, also noting, however, that the CDC believes vast majority of transmission is occurring in unvaccinated people and through unvaccinated people.