A photo showing a teacher taping a cloth face mask to a young student seated at his desk has sparked condemnation from parents and a public apology from the head of the district’s board of school directors.
The incident took place at a middle school located in Lansdale in Montgomery County about 30 miles north of Philadelphia.
Reading a statement at a Jan. 20, 2022, meeting of the North Penn Board of School Directors, president Tina Stoll said the teacher’s conduct was “inappropriate” and an “isolated incident.”
“First and foremost, I would like to extend an apology on behalf of the district and the Board of School Directors to the student who was involved and to his family…