Parents grapple with judge’s ruling against mask mandate in schools

Lions Park Elementary
Students get on the bus after school at Lions Park Elementary in Mt. Prospect, IL on Monday Feb. 7, 2022. Anna Savchenko / WBEZ
Lions Park Elementary
Students get on the bus after school at Lions Park Elementary in Mt. Prospect, IL on Monday Feb. 7, 2022. Anna Savchenko / WBEZ

Parents grapple with judge’s ruling against mask mandate in schools

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A downstate judge has overruled Illinois’ mask mandate in schools. Reset hears from parents on both sides of the masking divide and gets an update from a Springfield reporter about how the Governor plans to appeal.

GUESTS: Ronak Maisuria, Wheaton parent in favor of school mask mandates; Heather Dusek, Barrington parent in favor of masking choice; Hannah Meisel, Illinois government and politics reporter, NPR Illinois