As #Flapol parents, students, teachers & staff contact @DuvalSchools & other @FLSchoolBoards about #COVID masking policies for the start of the next school year, this thread contains some thoughts related to the recent executive order (see flgov.com/wp-content/upl…). #Jaxpol (1/12) First, please remember that each of us has the most important title in democracy: Citizen. We can use our citizenship skills to impact gov’t decisions about #COVID masking. You can contact your local board members using this @FLSchoolBoards link. (2/12) fsba.org/membership/sch…

.@DuvalSchools & other #FlaPol school districts should see these comments from Ron Meyer, "one of Florida’s leading education policy attorneys" who "questioned the governor’s authority" to issue the masking order. cc: @FLSchoolBoards @PublicSchoolSup (1/4) miamiherald.com/news/local/edu… "The state no longer is under a state of emergency, Meyer noted, meaning the local boards have the constitutional power to operate, control and supervise schools in their districts. 'I don’t know how Article IX of the Constitution could be more clear,' he said." (2/4)