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Stafford kills 2nd attempt at mask repeal, adds more school days after recent snow

Parents gathered outside the Stafford County Public Schools headquarters to demand the School Board give parents options to send their child to school without a facemask. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]
The School Board voted 5-2 to uphold its mask mandate for the second time in less than a week, despite an Executive Order signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin giving parents the option to remove masks. 

The School Board shot down the motion made by Garrisonville District representative Maureen Siegmund and supported by Hartwood representative Alyssa Halstead (both of who ran on repealing the mask policy) just after midnight, following hours of testimony from parents and teachers calling parent choice for masks. 

"I don't have a problem with having a mask mandate on the books. But I want to have a parent opt-out," said Siegmund. 

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