SCHOOL MASK MANDATE

As the number of <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/topic/Coronavirus/" target="_blank">COVID cases</a> continue to surge in Michigan, new data reveals that <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/topic/Mask_mandate/" target="_blank">mask mandates</a> in school appear to be working to slow the spread of the virus.

Wayne, Oakland and Washtenaw counties are keeping their K-12 school mask mandates in place, but it’s a mixed bag across the rest of the state.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s team and its legislative counterparts have come to a budget agreement before the Oct. 1 deadline.

The vice president of the State Board of Education and Superintendent is calling on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration to issue a mask mandate for schools.

We have been tracking the evolving responses to the call for masks inside Michigan school buildings as students and teachers head back into classrooms for the start of the 2021-22 academic year.

Parents organizing in the Romeo School District in Macomb County said they are putting pressure on decision makers to mandate masks in schools.