Lee County Schools says its opt-out mask policy will remain in place, following a heated meeting Tuesday.
YOU WILL NEED TO SHOW PROOF OFELIGIBILIT LY,IKE A DOCTOR’SNOTE, TO GET THAT THIRD SHOT.WHEN LEE COUNTY STUDENTS GTOOSCHOOL TODAY...THEY WILL NOTHAVE TO WEAR A MASK, THEIRPARENTS CAN STILL OPT THEM OUT.THE SCHOOL BOARD MADE THEDECISION LAST NIGHT AT A HEATEDMEETING, THAT WAS ALMOST HAD TOBE SHUT DOWN EARLY.FOX 4’S JESSICA ALPERN HAS THESTORY.00-1054-59THE DEBATE GOT SO HEATED, THEMEETING WAS ALMOST SHUT DOWN!VO:IN THE END... THE SCHOOLDISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY DECIDEDTO KEEP ITS MASK OPT-OUT POLICYIN PLACE...IN A 5-TO-1 VOTE.LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERDEBBIE JORDAN SAYS THIS TOPICCAME UP...AFTER THE DISTRICT SAW A DRASTICINCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES AMONGSTUDENTS AND STA.FFTUESDAY NIGHT’S MEETING DREWPEOPLE ON *BOTH SIDES...BUT THEOVERWHELMING MAJITORY OF PEOPLEWHO SPOKE AT THE MEETING, WERE*AGAINST A MANDATE...SOTVO:"With 90-thousand studentsunvaccinated, unmasked in closecontact it is a recipe forcalamity, a recipe fordisaster."BUTT"You may have covered my mouthfor a year but you can NEVERsilence me."SEVERAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERSAY STHE ONLY REASON THEY OPPOSED AMASK MANDATE IN LEE COUNTYSCHOOLS... WAS BECAUSE THEY WEREAFRAID OF THE PUNISHMENTSTHREATENED BY THE GOVERNOR...
Lee County Schools says its opt-out mask policy will remain in place, following a heated meeting Tuesday.