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over summer break. Six year old Audrey guard rarely left the house without a mask. So you have to wear a mask to school every day. Audrey can't wait for august 4th the first day, a first grade at Peachtree Elementary School are excited for school to start. Yeah, her mother, Sarah feels differently. I'm furious. I am irritated that these are the people that I elected Sarah guard is furious over Gwinnett County public schools policy that only strongly recommends masks on school grounds. I worry that she's going to get into school, come home one day and saying nobody's wearing their masks and I'm going to say then I have to pull you out of school. Sarah Human resources professional worries about the fast spreading, highly contagious delta variant. Now making up 83% of new covid 19 cases in the U. S. According to the CDC, the delta variant was not nearly as widespread when the guards opted for in person learning in april after a year of virtual school. I want to ask mask mandate at school because I know my child can't be vaccinated yet. Georgia. Governor Bride kemp's executive order on school masks does not prevent districts from implementing a universal mandate. Gwinnett County public schools, the largest district in the state says its decision is still fluid just days before school set to start. Well, we are and we're constantly reviewing guidance that we get from our local and state health partners as well as the C. D. C. And the Georgia Department of Education. Could the mask policy change between now and the start of school August four, yes, in neighboring Dekalb County and the city of Atlanta, the school districts, they're taking a stricter stance requiring masks for everyone. This is an issue that superintendents and school leaders are grappling with across the country in the cab low vaccination rates statewide and the growing number of delta variant cases. Were factors in the decision for a universal mask mandate. Overwhelmingly, I've received positive feedback from families who were so nervous about sending their Children back to school. The piecemeal approach over masks in schools is causing confusion across the country. At least eight states from Arizona to Vermont prohibit school districts from requiring masks. And in many states it's up to the districts with the largest ones like new york city, L. A. And Chicago requiring masks while Miami Houston and Hillsborough County in florida are keeping it optional monitoring who is vaccinated, who's not having some kids wearing masks. Some not that is just fraught with error. And universal masking works. We know it works this one. I love it because it has crowned uncertainty is all that certain right now for the guards who considered at one point entering Audrey into a vaccine trial. But they say they're bracing for the worst case scenario. I tell my husband he can no longer work because he needs to run at home school. Audrey comes home and And then I am are single breadwinner for this family of four.