MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL

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On Wednesday, Manchester Community Schools parents, staff members and some students met at the Manchester High School football stadium with superintendent Bradley Bezeau. They were there to discuss the division caused by the mask mandate issued by the Washtenaw County Health Department.

A video shows parents in Washtenaw County urging their kids to ignore their high school’s mask mandate and enter the school.

MANCHESTER, MI - Around two dozen students entered Manchester High School without masks on Tuesday in protest of a mask mandate issued by the Washtenaw County Health Department. The students entered the building on Sept. 7, which was the day the health department’s mask mandate for all schools in the county went into effect. While students and parents voiced their displeasure with school officials outside the building Tuesday, Manchester Superintendent Brad Bezeau said the students without mask were allowed to enter the building. It can become an enforceable legal action if someone from the school district requests that the sheriff’s office enforce trespassing laws the school has established. “We are not there to cite people for a (public health) violation.”READ MORE:Indoor mask mandate now required for all Washtenaw County K-12 schoolsMask mandate in the works for Washtenaw County schoolsThese are the mask plans for Washtenaw County schools