The debate over school masks is heating up in Macomb County

ROMEO, jo. – Parents organizing in the Romeo School District in Macomb County said they were pressuring decision makers to demand masks from schools.

The conversation heats up when parents who don’t want a mask warrant show up.

One side is parents who want the county school administration (Macomb Middle School District) and the Macomb County Department of Health to order masks from schools instead of allowing each district to decide.

On the other hand there are parents who say that masks should be a matter of parental choice.

Read: Macomb County parents are demanding the mask’s mandate in schools

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In the absence of the state mandate, Michigan schools are fighting for masks locally

Michigan allows individual school districts and county health departments to make their own policies.

The guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have data showing that children wearing masks at school will slow the spread of COVID-19 .

As of Thursday, Aug. 19, about 60 school districts across the state have implemented mask mandates.

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