{"id":995108,"date":"2021-11-10T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995108"},"modified":"2021-11-10T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:58:31","slug":"miami-dade-public-schools-floridas-largest-district-drops-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miami-dade-public-schools-floridas-largest-district-drops-mask-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade Public Schools, Florida&#039;s Largest District, Drops Mask Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiami-dade-public-schools-floridas-largest-district-drops-mask-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=995108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pre-K-students-story-time-floor-masks-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Miami-Dade Public Schools, Florida\u2019s largest school district, is dropping its controversial mask mandate, allowing parents to opt their children out of the rule.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, parents will be able to access the opt-out forms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/536521856\/Miami-Dade-school-mask-opt-out-form\">exempt<\/a> their children from forced masking in school, according to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who made the announcement on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0075757575758\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Important update for parents and employees! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDCPS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MDCPS<\/a> announces new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> safety protocols. Opt-out forms can be downloaded at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLimEggthp\">https:\/\/t.co\/cLimEggthp<\/a> or obtained at your child\u2019s school. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJMkCgzYLC\">pic.twitter.com\/AJMkCgzYLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami-Dade Schools (@MDCPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDCPS\/status\/1458182997509824515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to Miami-Dade County Public School\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/news.dadeschools.net\/cmnc\/new\/32190\">website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10.224761904762\">\n<p>Parents of students in all schools, including K-8 centers and elementary schools, will now be able to choose whether their children wear facial coverings through a parental opt-out provision. Parents wishing to avail themselves of this provision will need to complete an opt-out form and return it to their child\u2019s school. Forms can be downloaded at <a href=\"https:\/\/backtoschool.dadeschools.net\/\">https:\/\/backtoschool.dadeschools.net\/<\/a> or obtained at their child\u2019s school. Additionally, fully vaccinated employees at all schools may choose not to wear facial coverings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, the website still emphasizes that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u201ccontinues to recommend universal masking in schools, regardless of vaccination status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cM-DCPS will continue to follow science, consult with our medical experts, and review our protocols on a weekly basis to identify opportunities for further adjustments of COVID-19 protocols,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>WESH <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/floridas-largest-school-district-drops-all-mask-mandates\/38208959\">noted<\/a> the announcement came \u201cafter a judge ruled last week that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was within his authority to allow parents to opt out of strict mandates\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>Broward, Miami-Dade, Orange, Duval, Alachua and Leon counties had sued in opposition to a Sept. 22 update to the Department of Health\u2019s emergency rules for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The six school districts that had sued the state over the rule had the case dismissed due to \u201can invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority,\u201d according to Judge Brian Newman\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article-content--body-wrapper-side-floater \">\n<div class=\"ad-rectangle \">\n<div id=\"b7353325-bd3e-42a1-ba7f-0e792287d82c-rectangle\" class=\"ad-container or-halfpage include-interscroller fluid inserted\" data-type=\"rectangle\" readability=\"10.781637717122\">\n<div id=\"gpt_rectangle_2\" class=\"gpt-adslot\" readability=\"16.66253101737\">\n<p>However, the superintendent cited dropping case numbers, not the legal battle, as the primary reason for the opt-out decision.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, DeSantis\u2019s administration \u201cdocked funds for school board members and schools after two districts in the state defied the order that masking students is a parent\u2019s decision and school officials should not put a mandate in place,\u201d as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/28\/ron-desantis-withholds-funds-two-florida-school-districts-mask-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami-Dade Public Schools, Florida\u2019s largest school district, is dropping its controversial mask mandate, allowing parents to opt their children out of the rule. On Wednesday, parents will be able to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-995108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}