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#ANDY BESHEAR MASK MANDATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL#

What this means is the professional opinion of your superintendent doesn’t matter, the opinion of your school board doesn’t matter, and you as parents, your opinion doesn’t matter. “This liberal lunatic that we have up there in Frankfort has signed another executive order mandating masks for all students and adults in schools.

Jimmy Dyehouse, superintendent of the Science Hill Independent Schools in Pulaski County, minced no words in his condemnation of the mask mandate as well as the governor, in an audio message sent to all parents in the district. The legislature scrapped a statewide mask mandate for public schools and imposed a ban on any statewide mask rules until June 2023. If you are a school district that is not requiring universal masking. The idea that children are not affected by this virus is wrong.” Andy Beshear had a strongly worded message for districts refusing to mandate masks. The CDC recommends universal masking for everyone in a school setting, regardless of vaccination status. Steven Stack, Kentucky’s public health commissioner.House Democratic leaders expressed support for Beshear, saying, “If we want our children in school instead of learning online, and if we actually want to follow CDC guidelines as this year’s House Bill 1 calls for, then Governor Beshear’s statewide mask mandate for students and school staff alike is the only appropriate step to take.

“Our hospitals are at the brink of collapse in many communities,” said Dr. Nearly 70% of the state’s hospitals - 66 of 96 - are reporting critical staffing shortages, the highest number yet during the pandemic, the governor said. “And right now, sadly, we are one of the hottest states in the country.”

“Right now, COVID is as bad in Kentucky as it has ever been in this pandemic,” Beshear said. At least 68 virus-related deaths were reported statewide during those three days. The Bluegrass State reported 10,007 coronavirus cases in the past three days, and more than 2,700 of those cases were in school-aged children. 10, requiring face coverings inside all schools within the Commonwealth. Andy Beshear took action on masks on Aug. 10 executive order that requires students to wear masks in schools but he hinted in a television interview that he is considering a statewide. Kentucky currently ranks third nationally for the highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases per capita, Beshear said Monday. Kentuckys governor has officially canceled his sweeping school mask mandate.Gov. "Let’s step up and have the courage to be responsible for them.” “We’re supposed to be responsible for the safety of our children," the governor said. As of Sunday, 25% of the state’s 171 school districts had decided in favor of a school mask mandate, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. 11 would remain in place as “we work to make the best decisions for the safety of all students, staff and our community.”īeshear urged school boards statewide to “do the right thing" and keep mask mandates in place. She said the districtwide mask mandate in effect since Aug. The Lee County school board is scheduled to discuss mask policy and other virus-mitigation strategies this week, Wasson said. Andy Beshear, who unsuccessfully vetoed the bill in an attempt to save the mask mandate, said Thursday 'universal masking is absolutely necessary in schools.' 'Now, thankfully, I. “I can’t put into words how much this hurts.” “He fought hard against COVID but unfortunately it was too much,” Bailey’s son, Austin, said in a social media post.

"And then there is one wrong decision, where you endanger children and you allow COVID to spread throughout your community when your hospital is already overburdened.”Ī school custodian in eastern Kentucky died from COVID-19 on Sunday, becoming the second staff member at Lee County Elementary to die from the virus since the school year began.Ĭustodian Bill Bailey died two weeks after an instructional aide at the same school, Heather Antle, also died from the coronavirus, Lee County schools Superintendent Sarah Wasson said. “There is one right answer - where you choose masking, where you protect your kids, where you keep them in school," Beshear said at a Monday news conference. The Democratic governor vetoed the mask-related language, but GOP lawmakers quickly overrode him before ending a three-day special session. Andy Beshear’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic late Thursday night, overriding his vetoes of two bills that stripped the. Last week, the Republican-dominated legislature scrapped a statewide mask mandate for public schools and imposed a ban on any statewide mask rules until June 2023. The Republican-led Kentucky General Assembly soundly rejected Gov. District Court Judge William Bertelsman granted a temporary restraining order Thursday, blocking Beshears mask mandate after a group of parents sued on behalf of their kids, who attend. Opponents of the school mask mandate protest outside the Capitol as a legislative committee holds a hearing on Tuesday, Aug.