“This mandate for the children to wear masks is baloney,” Cynthia Harding, a Provo resident who attended a protest before the county meeting, told the Salt Lake Tribune. Gary R. Herbert (R) said students and teachers in most school districts can return to classes in person on the condition that everyone covers their faces. ADYet in Utah County, which spans three school districts just south of Salt Lake City, Commissioner Bill Lee pushed back. ADADAs the meeting started, protesters wearing Trump 2020 hats and hoisting small American flags poured into the small boardroom. In other parts of the country, the surging pandemic means students may not even make it to school in person in the fall.

Source: Washington Post July 16, 2020 10:50 UTC