Alberta students walk out to protest decision to lift mask mandate in schools

February 17, 2022 Sharika Soukup

EDMONTON — Dozens of students in Alberta walked out of their classrooms Monday afternoon to protest the government’s decision to lift a mask mandate in schools. © Provided by The Canadian Press Samuel Clark, a 17-year-old co-organizer of the protest, said some students gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton because they are discouraged and…

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Parents’ bid to block Youngkin school mask policy dismissed, but temporary hold granted to school districts still stands

February 11, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Tierney Sneed, CNN The Virginia Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed last month by parents in Chesapeake, Virginia, who alleged that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s mask executive order ran afoul of the state constitution. The court said that the challengers had failed to show that the dispute met the procedural threshold that would warrant the…

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