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Education: Gov inciting hysteria by allowing mask opt-out MEG KINNARD, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail South Carolina Education Superintendent Molly Spearman, right, and Gov. Henry McMaster, left, announce the state will spend $24 million in a legal settlement on both school buses and regular buses that don t run on diesel fuel during a news conference on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The money came from a settlement with Volkswagen over emission testing. .Jeffrey Collins/AP COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina s public schools chief on Wednesday said that the state s governor had no legal basis for allowing parents to opt their children out of wearing masks in schools, writing that Gov. Henry McMaster is inciting hysteria and sowing division” as the school year ends. ....
LR5 students protest 5 day face-to-face learning By Miranda Parnell | January 25, 2021 at 11:20 PM EST - Updated January 25 at 11:20 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A group of students from Lexington-Richland 5 high schools showed up with masks, and signs Monday evening, asking for district leaders to keep their safety in mind as they look at moving back to five day face-to-face learning. According to the districtâs website, all students will be returning to face-to-face learning on February 1st. RELATED STORIES: âI never thought itâd be this big political issue, keeping people safe. Keeping people from getting sick, and it became one,â student Haley Dorsey said. Many students at the protest are asking that, at the very least, the district just keeps the four days in-person/one-day virtual schedule theyâre currently using. ....