Student mask exemptions at St. John’s Lutheran School in Lombard began this week and have pushed about a sixth of the school’s staff members out the door in protest.
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It is the culmination of a two-month, often-divisive debate within the small private school’s community. Some families have left, and five staff members have even resigned in protest – saying they felt their concerns were not respected. “So we interfaced with our governing board multiple times; with our elders, talked with doctors, and sought outside legal counsel who advised us that this is a legally allowable right in the State of Illinois,” Wegrzyn told congregants.
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