Education commissioner denies parents’ petitions to remove superintendents over Covid-19 masks

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The state education commissioner dismissed petitions from 14 parents who sought to remove superintendents and principals for upholding the Covid-19 mask mandate in schools on Jan. 25.

That day nine months ago was a confusing one. The day before, a State Supreme Court judge in Nassau County had overturned the state mask mandate, and some parents sent their children to school Jan. 25 without masks.

After the students were told to wear a mask or go home, 14 parents from around the state – most from Western New York – filed petitions with state Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa.

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