Broward Teachers Concerned As COVID Cases, Hospitalizations Increase

By Karli Barnett, CBS Miami

August 3, 2021

COVID cases are climbing in Broward County, and with school classrooms reopening to full capacity in about two weeks, some teachers are concerned.

“The numbers are higher than when we closed the schools last year on March 13th,” says Anna Fusco, an elementary teacher and head of the Broward Teachers Union. “It’s mind-blowing that, when we want to put in protocols and procedures, we’ve got certain elected officials that want to come in and override what’s for the good of all in our own particular school district and our own county.”

Just last week, Broward County Schools voted to have masks required in school. However, shortly after, Governor Ron DeSantis made an executive order to prevent any mask mandates. Otherwise, he threatened the state could withhold funding from that school district.

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