Hurst Euless Bedford ISD Board Votes Against Mask Mandate

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

August 28, 2021

The Hurst Euless Bedford ISD school board voted — six to one — against a temporary mask mandate on August 27. This after a high number of students at one school have already tested positive for COVID-19.

The board heard from dozens of parents, teachers and staff as well as their attorneys who walked them through several different court cases regarding masks mandates currently pending in Texas and Governor Greg Abbott’s order banning mask mandates.

All of this comes after a high number of third graders at Meadow Creek Elementary tested positive for COVID-19 the same week. Those students and their siblings started at-home virtual learning and will continue through next Friday. Some said this alone should be the reason for a district wide mask mandate… but others disagreed.

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