The Miami-Dade School Board also voted to implement a mask mandate. DeSantis has vowed to retaliate against schools that do so.
The Hillsborough County School Board in Florida voted on Wednesday to authorize a 30-day mask mandate for all students after nearly 1,500 county students contracted COVID-19 over the last two weeks.Ron DeSantisOver the last two weeks, 1,475 students have reportedly contracted COVID-19, according to the school board's COVID-19 pandemic dashboard. Additionally, 538 school staff members have contracted the virus.
The county, which contains the city of Tampa, has 250 schools serving 206,841 students and 25,170 staff members, including teachers. It is the third-largest school district in Florida and the 8th largest in the United States. The board also heard from district officials about the pandemic's effects on other staff members, such as bus drivers. Bus drivers are forced to shift their route schedules and work overtime as their colleagues miss work due to the virus, one district official said.
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