Parents are suing two Wisconsin school districts over a lack of COVID-19 safety protocols, saying that the school systems failed to protect their children from contracting the coronavirus.
On Monday, Gina Kildahl filed a lawsuit against the Fall Creek School District, the school board, the superintendent, and several board members for refusing to put in place ways to fight COVID-19 that are recommended by the CDC, such as wearing masks indoors, according“By bringing students back to class around unmasked staff, reinstituting extracurricular activities, and allowing potentially contagious visitors and volunteers into the school without masks, FCSD and the board threw students into...
“I am just hoping that they will start masking and take some responsibility to keep our kids safe at school,” she told CNN on Tuesday morning. “On my school’s website, on all of their board documentation, they say that they want to provide a safe place to learn.
Jensen’s three children wore masks, but many other students didn’t, she said.
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