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Lone Illinois School District Wages Fight Against State’s Mask Mandate

By Cara Ding

 

When the Illinois school mask mandate came down in summer of 2021, the small public school district in rural Hutsonville found itself between a rock and hard place, again.

Back at the beginning of the 2020 school year, though the supermajority of parents didn’t quite like the mask mandate, Hutsonville district was forced to comply after losing a legal fight brought upon them by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D).

That year, among some 280 students at the district’s two schools, younger kids had difficulty learning to pronounce new words or to share with others, while older kids appeared to be quiet, lacking motivation to learn, and even depressed, according to school staff.

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