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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 22, 2021

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit panel on Monday denied the Knox County School Board’s request to pause a mask requirement while litigation on the issue makes its way through the courts, the Associated Press reports. U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer had ruled in September that the school system must adopt a mask mandate to help protect children with health problems that make them more susceptible to the coronavirus pandemic. The school system had offered remote learning as an alternative to those with health concerns, but both courts said they were “not persuaded that virtual schooling is a reasonable alternative to universal masking.” The school system did not adopt a mask policy for the 2021-2022 school year. Parents of children with health concerns challenged that decision.