Orange County School Board members and staff of the Orange County Department of Education hold a Zoom meeting on Monday, July 13, 2020. The Board voted 4-1 in support of a report that repudiates face masks and social distancing. The elected board, however, has no power to dictate to Orange County’s 27 school districts. Nina Boyd is the Associate Superintendent, Orange County Department of Education, lower right. (YouTube)
OC Board of Education votes to support return to school without social distancing, masks
While school districts across California are choosing remote learning to start the school year, the Orange County Board of Education is going a different route. On Monday night, the conservative-leaning board voted on its own guidelines for schools: a return to the old ways, before the coronavirus pandemic.
That means on-campus instruction. No face masks. No keeping 6 feet apart.
The lone dissenting vote was Trustee Beckie Gomez, also the only board member to wear a mask during the meeting.
The board has no power to direct any of Orange County’s 27 school districts to follow its guidelines, which are in direct opposition to those issued by the Orange County Department of Education, state public health officials and others…
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