Two of Florida’s largest school districts have voted to implement mask mandates, setting up a clash with the state, which has moved to punish other districts that passed similar orders
MIAMI—Two of Florida’s largest school districts voted Wednesday to implement mask mandates, setting up a clash with the state, which a day earlier moved toThe board for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the largest district in the state, voted 7-1 to require masks when classes start on Monday. Minutes later, the board for Hillsborough County Public Schools, which includes Tampa and is the state’s third-largest district, voted 5-2 to put in place such a requirement.
“The stakes are too high for us not to do everything that we can to ensure the safety of our children,” said Marta Pérez, a Miami-Dade County school board member, during discussion of the measure, which she backed. The decisions intensify a standoff between the state and some local school officials over whether to require masks in schools, at a time when
. Days after some school districts in the state started the new school year, hundreds of students and staff have tested positive for the virus and thousands more are in quarantine because of possible exposure.over the past week, more than any other state and accounting for nearly one in five cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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