GALLERY: Students protest Baraboo school mask mandate
Roughly two dozen Baraboo High School students protested the district's mask mandate along with about 10 parents and community members during a school board meeting Aug. 23 at BHS.
Baraboo High School students wear masks below their noses, against CDC guidelines, while protesting the district's mask mandate Monday at a school board meeting.
Baraboo High School senior Levi Kline holds a sign Monday as he and roughly two dozen other students protest the district's mask mandate during a school board meeting at BHS.
Baraboo students protest masks
Baraboo students protest masks
Baraboo students protest masks
Baraboo students protest masks
Chris Kline, a parent, speaks against masks during a Baraboo School Board meeting Monday at the high school.
Baraboo students protest masks
Levi Kline protests mask mandate
Baraboo students protest masks
Baraboo students protest masks
Baraboo students protest masks
Baraboo students protest masks
School day start and end times will change to accommodate for the shortage, in an effort to accommodate for a bus driver shortage that has affected school districts across the country.
"This decision comes after considering concerns over the rising incidence of the Delta variant; children under 12 years old not being eligible for vaccinations; and associated risks with family members who are immunocompromised," district spokesperson Tim LeMonds said in a statement.
The 4-3 ruling leaves it to lower courts to address future challenges to the public health order.
Madison-area state lawmakers called on Madison School Board members to move forward with mandatory vaccines for all district staff.
The bill would require schools to notify a student's parents before providing any program related to "sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender expression" and allow the parent or legal guardian the ability to have their child opt out of the program.
Urban Triage announced a new rental support program for greater Dane County beginning next month.
Jacque's spokesperson said the De Pere Republican is undergoing respiratory and occupational therapy and is "making substantial progress toward regaining his health."
Pro-choice and anti-abortion protestors thrust signs at one another, but aside from some shouting between individuals, there was little confrontation.
The mandate had been set to expire May 3.