Mask mandate lifted in Illinois, easing tension over “mask discrimination” and double standard
On January 24, 2022, a Long Island state judge ruled that New York’s mask mandate for schools and other public places is an illegal end-run around the state constitution. A few weeks later, Illinois Governor Pritzker announced the end of the mask mandate in February. [Reuters]
The decision of Judge Rademaker seems to have reverberated. On February 4, 2022, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow issued a TRO preventing school districts from complying with Pritzker’s mandate requiring students to wear masks in the classroom. [ABC News20]
LGBTQ PUSHED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Some schools opted to “segregate unmasked students,” but more districts opted for “optional mask-wearing” almost immediately
Almost two weeks after the TRO, hundreds of school districts in Illinois, such as District 200, Arlington Heights, Crystal Lake D47, Geneva D304, Lombard D44, Huntley D128, McHenry D15, Prairie Grove D46, made mask optional way ahead of the date prescribed by Pritzker.
Glenbard District 87
Some schools, like Glenbard District 87, opted to segregate students who prefer not to wear masks. In an email to parents on February 9, Glenbard North students were given options to be in a separate room or remote learning.
“Students will be placed in a separate, supervised learning space inside the building and access learning materials digitally,” principal John Mensik said.
A week later, District 87 superintendent David Larson announced it would transition to “mask optional” effective February 22 to oblige with federal requirements.
Districts 102, 207, and 64
One of the first school districts in Illinois to transition to “mask recommended” was District 102, Maine Township District 207, and Park Ridge-Niles District 64, effective February 16, 2022.
Partial list of schools opting for mask optional next week:
Christian Life Schools
Lombard District 44
Lombard D88
Sandwich District 430
Pineland in Burlington
Morton District 709
Schaumburg Christan School
Quincy Public School
Calumet District 132
Highland District 5
District 17 Channonhan
Arlington Heights District 25 & D214
Carthage Illini West
Pleasant Hill District 3
Gibson City Middle School
Waukegan
Frankfort
New Lenox
Wheatland
NPD 117
Plainfield D 202
Bellville
Minooka 201
N. Palisades D 117
Elmhurst D 205
Windsor CUSD 1
Auburn D10
Desplaines D62
Wheaton D200
Addison D4
Manhattan D114
D214
Winnetka
Barrington D220
D92
D211
Milton Pope
Amboy
Yorkville
Morris
Seneca
Mason Verona
Kinsman
Cornell
Modena D159
Bethany Lutheran Naperville
West Chicago D33C
Valley View D 365U
Bureau Valley
El Paso-Gridley Unit 11
Antioch
Barry Western
Camp Pointe Central
Quincy
Columbia
Waterloo
Hutsonville
Vandalia
Illini West
Pleasant Hill
Red Bud
Highland
Wheeling D44
Christian Life Schools
Pikeland
CUSD 10
Sandwich D430
Schaumburg Christian
Arlington Heights
Saint Timothy
Albers
Coal City School
Lake Forest
D67
D115
Wheaton Academy
Clifton Central
Gibson City
Central CUSD 4
Ports D202
My. Zion
Carthage Elementary
Frankfort D157
Congerville-Eureka-Goodfield D140
Flora
Timothy Christian
New Lenox D122
Highland Christian Life
Prospect Heights D23
Leyden
Windsor
Auburn D10
Athens
Knoxville
Mount Prospect D57
Herscher
Manteno
Valmeyer
D186
The Diocese of Springfield
Father McGivney Catholic HS
St. Boniface
Ramsey Community Unit Schools
Triad
Pay son CUSD 1
Dunlap
Prairie Central Unit 8
NPD117
D211
Wilmington Community SD 209U
Bellville Diocese
Valleyview
Romeoville
Bolingbrook
Southwestern
Pleasant Plains
Desplains SD 62
D14
D1 Astoria
D92
Orland Park
Stevenson
Buffalo Grove
Okaw Valley
Wesclin
Homer 33-C
Hickory Hills
Hillsboro
Lexington
Sparta (mixed responses)
LWA feeder schools D210
Princeton Elementary & High Schools
D129
Crystal Lake D47 & 155
West Central CUSD 235
United CUSD 304
Rockford Diocese
Indian Creek
Kerkstra Elementary-Osk Forest
OSS & Route Catholic
Hume Shiloh CUSD 1
Marshall SD 2c
D224
D155
Massac Community HS
Elmwood 322
Lemont HS
Friendship Middle School-Mt. Prospect
New Berlin CUSD 16
LeRoy CUSD 2
Paris Unit 4 & 95 & Cooperative HS
Tripod D176
D47
Hey worth CUSD 4
Bureau Valley D340
Rockridge
Erie
Morrison
Fisher
Brimfield D309
Saints Peter & Paul -Cary
Bloomington D87
Genoa Kingston D424
ILLINOIS SCHOOL WELCOMES SATAN AFTER SCHOOL CLUB.
Mounting pressure to lift mask mandate in Illinois schools
During Super Bowl, many celebrities did not observe mask-wearing. Sara Foster, daughter of composer David Foster, called out their double standard and hypocrisy because kids still wear masks in school.
“Very exciting, the Rams won, fantastic, great super bowl halftime show… “But all I can think about is that our children will go to school tomorrow masked indoors, outdoors when they are running in PE sweating and having difficulty catching their breath. They’re masked. If they take it down, they get yelled at. They’ve never seen their teachers’ faces,” Foster said.
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CELEBRITIES: “Wear a mask — we are in this together. Stay safe 😷 ”
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 14, 2022
ALSO CELEBRITIES: pic.twitter.com/DM9ZduCniy
Governor Pritzker ends mask mandate to optional
The governor set February 28, 2022, as the end date for the mask requirement in Illinois, with exceptions. While hospitals will still require masks, retailers like Walmart ends mask mandate for vaccinated employees.
STUDY: SCHOOL UNIFORMS WORK.
